Congressional Research Services Reports
CRS Reports
The Congressional Research Service is a group of researchers who produce research reports for Congress. The research reports they produce can be very useful and informative. Some of the topics they cover can be helpful for law school research. They do not easily make their reports available to the public however, which has caused some controversy. One early WikiLeaks release was of 6,780 CRS reports.
Open CRS
Fortunately for researchers many CRS reports are freely available and easy to search at Open CRS. Some sample law related CRS reports are: Closing the Guantanamo Detention Center: Legal Issues, Compulsory DNA Collection: A Fourth Amendment Analysis, and Supreme Court Nominations, 1789 – 2010: Actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee, and the President.