Background Information: Government & Legal

Includes a 10 minute flash presentation introducing new immigrants to the United States and provides information about the general requirements for becoming a U.S. citizen.

Find elected officials, including the president, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, local officials, and more.

Web-based portal that centralizes citizenship resources for immigrants, educators and organizations. This free, easy-to-use website will help users better understand the naturalization process and gain the necessary skills to be successful during the naturalization interview and test. .

Includes videos, audio, publications, & links to help prepare for the civics test.

Site provides a practice test with correct answers to use as a study aid for the Civics test.

Find biographical information on the candidates, voting records, public statements, campaign financing, & learn about issues & legislation.

Contains the full text of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions issued between 1937 and 1975; can search by case or text.

FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893 (U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: U.S. Reports 150-, 1893-). Browsable by year and U.S. Reports volume number, and searchable by citation, case title and full text.

Scholar defaults to an article search, but you may also click the "Case Law" button to search cases & decisions.

Includes current Supreme Court decisions and archive of landmark cases. You can browse by topic or search the collection.

Browse the Index to find relevant subject chapters, or search for Ohio Revised Code or Ohio Administrative Code by keyword or document number.

Browse the Index to find relevant subject chapters, or search for Ohio Revised Code or Ohio Administrative Code by keyword or document number.

Sample letters, contracts, wills, patents, & more.

Provides links to sites that have forms for bankruptcy, general legal issues,civil litigation & transactional, etc. browsable by state.

Find legal business forms for renting, leasing, buying, selling, etc, and personal forms for estate planning, name change, & more.

Find legal forms for Ohio, including divorce, name change, employment, bankruptcy, etc.

The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, now totaling over 160,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives.

Resource for checking the truthfulness of political debates.

Public Opinion polls on subjects like Politics & Government, and Economics & Management.

Great searchable resource for polling data going back to 1987 & ranging from topics in government to social behavior.

Find biographical information on the candidates, voting records, public statements, campaign financing, & learn about issues & legislation.

A variety of resouces available on big issues, ranging from abortion to social security.

A nonpartisan aggregator of political content gathered from hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and select blogs across the country and around the world. Contains opinion, news, analysis, videos, & polls.

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Official site of the U.S. Democratic National Party, includes the history of democrats, agenda, & representation.

Find information about Ohio Republican Party, including agendas & current news.

Find information about current issues, elections, & opportunities for involvement.

Find biographical information on the candidates, voting records, public statements, campaign financing, & learn about issues & legislation.

Includes issues, State Parties, GOP Information, & Current News.

Includes Senators, Committees, Legislation & Records, History, & Reference items.

Find Representatives, Voting Records, Laws, & Current News.

Internal Revenue Service site for finding tax forms and guides for federal filing.

Links to Ohio tax forms and guides.