Template:JudgeLinks

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This template allows linking to external links found on most biographies of United States judges and justices. This will aid in the maintenance and standardization of these external links.

How to use

• This template should not be substituted.

Format

All parameters, vertical format

{{JudgeLinks
| scotus          =
| fjc             =
| llc             =
| oyez            =
| c-span          =
| rose            =
| imdb            =
| opensecrets     =
| nyt             =
| worldcat        =
| nndb            =
| findagrave      =
| retrieved       =
}}

All parameters, horizontal format

{{JudgeLinks |scotus= |fjc= |llc= |oyez= |c-span= |rose= |imdb= |opensecrets= |nyt= |worldcat= |nndb= |findagrave = |retrieved= }}

The order of the fields does not matter.

Fields

• All parameters are optional, but if you don't include any of them, nothing will show up.
• Do not use capital letters. They might disrupt the code.

Field	Data	Result	URL source
scotus	yes or no	Biographies	If set to yes (appropriate only for sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justices), will add a link to http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx (the Supreme Court web page with biographies of sitting justices)
fjc	FJC id	Profile	http://www.fjc.gov /servlet/nGetInfo?jid=[fjc]
llc	LLC name	Legal resources	http://www.loc.gov /law/find/[llc]
oyez	Oyez name	Profile	http://www.oyez.org /justices/[oyez]
c-span	C-SPAN index	Appearances	http://www.c-spanvideo.org /[c-span]
rose	view id	Appearances	http://www.charlierose.com /guest/view/[rose]
imdb	IMDb index	Appearances	http://www.imdb.com /name/[imdb]
opensecrets	OS id	Financial information	http://www.opensecrets.org /politicians/summary.php?CID=[opensecrets]
nyt	path name	Collected news and commentary	http://topics.nytimes.com/ top/reference/timestopics/people/[nyt]
worldcat	id	Works by or about	http://worldcat.org /identities/[worldcat]
nndb	NNDB index	Profile	http://www.nndb.org /people/[nndb]
findagrave	FindAGrave index	Burial info. Leave blank if still alive	http://www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=[findagrave]
retrieved	date (mmmm-d-yyyy)	date these links were last retrieved	no url

Example

For John Roberts:

{{JudgeLinks
|scotus=yes
|fjc=3001
|llc=roberts.php
|oyez=john_g_roberts_jr
|c-span=johngroberts
|rose=
|imdb=nm1982343
|opensecrets=N99999922
|nyt=r/john_g_jr_roberts
|worldcat=lccn-no99-20426
|nndb=746/000099449
|findagrave= }}

will display as:

• Supreme Court official site with biographies
• Profile at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center
• Legal resources at the Law Library of Congress
• Profile at the Oyez Project
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Profile at the Internet Movie Database
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Works by or about JudgeLinks in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Profile at Notable Names Database

Related pages

• {{CongLinks}}
• {{GovLinks}}