Useful Links

Montana Links:

Montana Legislature--The Montana Code, the scoop on the last Legislative session--bills, schedule, Legislator info, plus lots more useful stuff!
Montana Constitution--view and download a copy here!
Montana Secretary of State
Montana Online--Homepage for the State of Montana

Montana Newspapers:

National Links:

CapWeb--(formerly the Jefferson Project) this is a Top notch site for political resources!
Thomas--Congressional resources on current federal legislation and more
Library of Congress--even more stuff than Thomas.
White House Home Page
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives
The National Lobbyist Directory--a state by state listing of lobbyists and info on lobbying ethics.
Atlantic Monthly Political Resources--A very large list of political sites.
Atlantic Unbound--Atlantic Monthly's Politics area. Interesting discussions of the issues.

National News:

Montana Law Links

National Law Links

State Law: World Wide Web Virtual Library--Links to laws in all 50 states!
American Bar Association--This is a very extensive, searchable site. Check it out!
Cornell University's ILL Web Site--This has links to the Federal Code, Supreme Court decisions, rules of legal procedure and many other valuable resources! Searchable!
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez--A US Supreme Court Database, this one with audio links of oral arguments.
Court TV Law Center--Among other things, a pretty nice library area with info on many cases.
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions--From Cornell University. Cornell has an outstanding site!
U.S. House of Representatives Law Library--Includes access to the Federal Code
Cornell University's US Code Area--Searchable Index to the Federal Code.
Chicago-Kent's Law Link Index--yet more links to legal info.
Gryphon's--links to free legal resources; quick links to the US Constitution, Federal code and regulations.
FindLaw--you have to subscribe to this site, but it is a great resource. A comprehensive searchable area with links to many legal resources
US Supreme Court Justices--biographical info and many good links to other sources

International Info:

Montana Law Links

National Law Links

State Law: World Wide Web Virtual Library--Links to laws in all 50 states!
American Bar Association--This is a very extensive, searchable site. Check it out!
Cornell University's ILL Web Site--This has links to the Federal Code, Supreme Court decisions, rules of legal procedure and many other valuable resources! Searchable!
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez--A US Supreme Court Database, this one with audio links of oral arguments.
Court TV Law Center--Among other things, a pretty nice library area with info on many cases.
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions--From Cornell University. Cornell has an outstanding site!
U.S. House of Representatives Law Library--Includes access to the Federal Code
Cornell University's US Code Area--Searchable Index to the Federal Code.
Chicago-Kent's Law Link Index--yet more links to legal info.
Gryphon's--links to free legal resources; quick links to the US Constitution, Federal code and regulations.
FindLaw--you have to subscribe to this site, but it is a great resource.
US Supreme Court Justices--biographical info and many good links to other sources

Legal Writing Links

American Bar Association's "How to Write the Winning Brief"--A helpful style guide.
The WWLIA Legal Dictionary--A nice dictionary in plain English.
Brief Writing Guide--Our Montana YMCA Model Supreme Court rules and guidelines.

For Fun

Capitol Steps: Political Satire - The Capitol Steps, the only group in America that attempts to be funnier than the Congress, is a troupe of current and former Congressional staffers who monitor events and personalities on Capitol Hill, in the Oval Office, and in other centers of power and prestige around the world and then take a humorous look at serious issues while providing a nationwide laugh for millions... "when something happens on the political scene, go to the Capitol Steps' website to find out what rhymes with it!"
http://leftinthewest.com/ Matt Singer, former YMCA Youth Governor writes this liberal blog.
http://www.intelligentdiscontent.com/ This blog is maintained by two teachers from Helena and is full of fairly liberal banter.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/ The columnists from National Review contribute to this conservative blog.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/ This blog is maintained by conservative critics of Democratic policy and "liberal media."