https://github.com/edsu/opinions

watch SCOTUS opinions for URLs
https://github.com/edsu/opinions

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watch SCOTUS opinions for URLs

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/edsu/opinions
• Owner: edsu
• Created: 2014-04-09T20:24:55.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-05-02T13:54:07.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-08T22:14:39.281Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://scotus-bookmarks.herokuapp.com
• Size: 1.14 MB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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# opinions

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/edsu/opinions.svg)](http://travis-ci.org/edsu/opinions)

opinions is a small Web application that watches the Supreme Court of the United States website for new [opinions](http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/opinions.aspx), downloads the PDFs for each decision and looks for external URLs to use as seeds for web archiving.  The [NYTimes story](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/us/politics/in-supreme-court-opinions-clicks-that-lead-nowhere.html) and [study](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2329161) brought attention to the fact that these external links are important for the interpretation of the decisions of the SCOTUS.

## Install

These instructions should get you going using sqlite as the database:

1. sudo apt-get install python python-pip virtualenvwrapper

1. mkvirtualenv opinions

1. pip install -r requirements.txt

1. python test.py

1. python opinions.py # starts the webapp on http://localhost:5000

1. python crawl.py # starts up the crawl daemon

You will see a Procfile is included for running on Heroku.

## License

* CC0