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Breakdown of Government

Executive Branch

The power of the executive branch is vested in the President, who also serves as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The President appoints the Cabinet and oversees the various agencies and departments of the federal government.

In order for a person to become President, he or she must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years of age, and have resided in the United States for at least 14 years. Once elected, the President serves a term of four years and may be re-elected only once.

Legislative Branch

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Congressional Directory
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Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws

Congress to Year Conversion

1st	1789-1790	39th	1865-1866	77th	1941-1942
2nd	1791-1792	40th	1867-1868	78th	1943-1944
3rd	1793-1794	41st	1869-1870	79th	1945-1946
4th	1795-1796	42nd	1871-1872	80th	1947-1948
5th	1797-1798	43rd	1873-1874	81st	1949-1950
6th	1799-1800	44th	1875-1876	82nd	1951-1952
7th	1801-1802	45th	1877-1878	83rd	1953-1954
8th	1803-1804	46th	1879-1880	84th	1955-1956
9th	1805-1806	47th	1881-1882	85th	1957-1958
10th	1807-1808	48th	1883-1884	86th	1959-1960
11th	1809-1810	49th	1885-1886	87th	1961-1962
12th	1811-1812	50th	1887-1888	88th	1963-1964
13th	1813-1814	51st	1889-1890	89th	1965-1966
14th	1815-1816	52nd	1891-1892	90th	1967-1968
15th	1817-1818	53rd	1893-1894	91st	1969-1970
16th	1819-1820	54th	1895-1896	92nd	1971-1972
17th	1821-1822	55th	1897-1898	93rd	1973-1974
18th	1823-1824	56th	1899-1900	94th	1975-1976
19th	1825-1826	57th	1901-1902	95th	1977-1978
20th	1827-1828	58th	1903-1904	96th	1979-1980
21st	1829-1830	59th	1905-1906	97th	1981-1982
22nd	1831-1832	60th	1907-1908	98th	1983-1984
23rd	1833-1834	61st	1909-1910	99th	1985-1986
24th	1835-1836	62nd	1911-1912	100th	1987-1988
25th	1837-1838	63rd	1913-1914	101st	1989-1990
26th	1839-1840	64th	1915-1916	102nd	1991-1992
27th	1841-1842	65th	1917-1918	103rd	1993-1994
28th	1843-1844	66th	1919-1920	104th	1995-1996
29th	1845-1846	67th	1921-1922	105th	1997-1998
30th	1847-1848	68th	1923-1924	106th	1999-2000
31st	1849-1850	69th	1925-1926	107th	2001-2002
32nd	1851-1852	70th	1927-1928	108th	2003-2004
33rd	1853-1854	71st	1929-1930	109th	2005-2006
34th	1855-1856	72nd	1931-1932	110th	2007-2008
35th	1857-1858	73rd	1933-1934	111th	2009-2010
36th	1859-1860	74th	1935-1936	112th	2011-2012
37th	1861-1862	75th	1937-1938	113th	2013-2014
38th	1863-1864	76th	1939-1940	114th	2015-2016

Judicial Branch

American Law Sources Online
Cornell Law School Supreme Court Collection 1990-present
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Supreme Court
U.S. Federal Court Opinions
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions 1893-present - via FindLaw
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions 1991-present- via Court website
United States Reports of the Supreme Court