Read federal documents without the jargon.
GovernmentReporter makes Supreme Court opinions, executive orders, and Congressional bills easier to understand. Start with a short summary, then ask the document questions in a plain-English chat grounded in the source text.
Explore Supreme Court
Read major opinions, then ask follow-up questions about what the Court held and why.
Explore Executive Orders
See what an order directs agencies to do, then ask plain-English questions about the text.
Explore Congress
Track bills moving through Congress, then ask what they would change and who they affect.
Or search across all three.
Describe what you're looking for in ordinary language, find the right document, then open it and ask follow-up questions about the text.
Recent federal documents
Start with the branch you’re trying to understand.
Each app keeps the same workflow: find a document, read the short version first, then use the chat to ask what it means. The difference is the material each reading room is built to explain.
SCOTUS Reporter
Read major opinions in plain language, then ask the opinion what the Court held and why it matters.
What did the Court hold, and why does it matter?
Executive Order Reporter
See what an order tells agencies to do, then ask follow-up questions about what changed and who it affects.
What is this order directing the government to do?
Legislation Reporter
Track bills moving through Congress, then ask what they would change, who they affect, and what happens next.
What would this bill do if it became law?
Read the short version first. Then ask questions.
Government documents are dense on purpose. This site is built to help you get oriented fast, then ask the document what you still need to know and verify the answer against the original text.
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Open a document
Jump straight to a branch or search across all three when you only know the topic.
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Read the short version first
Each document opens with a plain-language summary so you can get oriented before you start asking deeper questions.
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Ask follow-up questions
The chat answers from the document itself and points you back to the source passages it used.
For anyone trying to understand a federal document quickly.
Useful for reporters, students, researchers, and ordinary readers who want to understand what a document says and ask direct questions about it without spending an hour decoding its language.
This is a tool for understanding what a document says. It is not legal advice, and it does not replace reading the source when the details matter.
Start with the branch you’re trying to understand.
Once you learn one reading room, the other two feel familiar. Browse recent documents, read the short version first, ask follow-up questions, and keep the original text close by.