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Useful links for Youth and Government Research:

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:

• Bozeman Daily Chronicle
• Missoulian Online
• Helena Independent Record
• Great Falls Tribune
• Billings Gazette

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:

• Christian Science Monitor (Newspaper)
• Washington Post
• New York Times
• CNN's AllPolitics

Miscellaneous Useful Links

• MLA Style-- A guide to proper citing of internet resources for term papers and other writing

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Montana Law Links

• Montana State Law Library--Start here! This is a very useful site.
• University of Montana Law School Library Links and Resources
• UM Law School's collection of Internet Resources
• Montana Bar Association--Their "Legal Links" page has some great resources!

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

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.

International Info:

• United Nations Home Page
• CIA World Factbook--good info for Model UN Participants!
• U.S. State Department

Search Engines: (for those of you who don't already have a favorite)

• Metacrawler (Simultaneously searches Yahoo, Lycos, AltaVista, Excite and Webcrawler)
• HotBot (Our favorite!)

If you know of more good research links for government or law, Please email us with the URL and other relevant info!

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Political Party Areas:

Montana's Youth Legislature uses a partisan majority/minority system just like the real world! Students choose which political party they belong to. Do some research and know where you stand!

Click here to learn more about our party system at Montana YMCA Youth and Government!

"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire."
--James Madison

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