The Congressional Research Service has issued a report analyzing the opinions of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. CRS reports are an excellent research source, but many researchers are not familiar with them. CRS has “nationally recognized experts in a range of issues and disciplines, including law, economics, foreign affairs, public administration, the information, social, political sciences, natural sciences.” (About the Congressional Research Service.)
Congress does not release these reports to the Government Printing Office for public distribution (as they do for other Congressional publications). Because the reports are government documents, several private entities have posted them on web sites or created databases for them.
George Mason Law professors and students can find them on the LexisNexis Congressional database, which contains the all CRS reports published since 1916. If you are not on campus, follow the directions for remote access to sign on. Then click on the “advanced search” tab.
For assistance with CRS reports, or any other research, please contact the Reference Desk at 703-993-8076.