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The United States Code Annotated is an essential resource for locating judicial decisions that interpret the language of the Constitution.  The USCA contains the complete text of the Constitution of the United States of America and of all the codified federal statutes currently in force.  The text of the Constitution is broken out by clauses, and in each case these are accompanied by historical notes, references to secondary sources, and, most importantly, by comprehensive notes to the judicial decisions that have interpreted them.  The clause of the First Amendment that guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of the press, for instance, is accompanied by more than 2,700 notes to judicial decisions.  Using the USCA's finely nuanced subject headings, a researcher can quickly locate judicial decisions relating to an enormous range of issues.

The United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition collects the published opinions and orders of the United States Supreme Court.

Westlaw Campus Research provides access to statutes, judicial opinions, regulations, law journal articles, and other law materials.  You must turn off pop-up blockers to use all the features on this database.  To search for law materials you must click on the "Law" tab, highlighted above.