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Summary of the American Bar Association’s Report on the Federalization of Criminal Law Highly critical report of the increasing number of federal crimes.
The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions Excerpts from a book by Peter Suber that uses a famous fictitious legal case to illustrate nine contemporary philosophies of law.
beSpacific: Patriot Act Archives A legal web log’s links to current and past information on the Patriot Act.
Statement of U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 5, 2005 The attorney general argues in favor of reauthorizing the Patriot Act. Also here.
Electronic Frontier Foundation: The USA Patriot Act A collection of materials from a group that opposes the Patriot Act.
Electronic Privacy Information Center: The USA Patriot Act A collection of materials from another group that opposes the Patriot Act.
ACLU: USA Patriot Act Another site from an opponent of the Patriot Act.
Topix.net: Patriot Act News A collection of the latest news stories on the Patriot Act.
Polling Report: Guns Opinion polls on gun-control measures, gun ownership, and other issues about guns.
A Well-Regulated Militia A 1996 article by Gene Garman examining the historical background of the Second Amendment.
Gun Owners of America A prominent gun lobby in Washington.
National Rifle Association (NRA) The most famous pro-gun organization in the United States.
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence An organization that works to enact gun-control legislation, but does not seek to ban guns.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence A prominent organization advocating strict gun-control measures and a ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons.
Violence Policy Center An organization that advocates banning the personal possession of handguns.
Gun Control Links to law reviews and other articles by UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, who interprets the Second Amendment as an individual right to bear arms.
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: The Right to Bear Arms? An overview of the issue, questions to consider, and links to resources and court cases.
Reducing Youth Gun Violence: An Overview of Programs and Initiatives (Text) (PDF) A 1996 report. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention).
Brady Act The text of the Brady Act, an important gun-control law.
Printz v. U.S. (1997) A Supreme Court case ruling unconstitutional portions of the Brady Act.
U.S. v. Miller (1939) The only U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment in the 20th century.
Yahoo Full Coverage: Gun Control Debate News.
U.S. Sheriff Departments Links to sheriff departments across the nation.
Directory of State Patrol and State Police Links to these police agencies.
Yahoo Directory: Local Police Departments Links to local police and sheriff departments.
Fighting Crime in the Trenches Testimony before a committee of the House of Representatives from a mayor, a prosecutor, and a police commissioner who have had great success in fighting crime at the local level.
California v. Greenwood (1988) U.S. Supreme Court case holding that people have no right to privacy in items left on the curb for trash collectors.
Privacy of Garbage Discussion of California v. Greenwood and State v. Hempele.
Washington v. Boland (1990) A ruling by the Supreme Court of Washington that the state of Washington’s constitution gives people a right to privacy in items that leave for trash collection.
Vermont v. Morris (1996) A ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court that held that under the state constitution there was a right to privacy in items left for trash.
New Hampshire v. Goss (2003) A decision by the Supreme Court of New Hampshire that the state’s constitution protects the right to privacy of items left for trash collection.
Race and America’s Justice System A commentary by Vincent Schiraldi, director of the Justice Policy Institute.
Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974–2001 A report that includes projections by age, gender, race, and Hispanic origin of the likelihood of incarceration for persons born in 2001, assuming current incarceration rates continue.
McCleskey v. Kemp (1987) U.S. Supreme Court case ruling that statistical studies were not enough to prove racial discrimination in an individual case.

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