Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
The Equal Protection Clause reinterpreted. The NAACP led the effort to desegregate schools through the court system. In fact, the NAACP had filed cases in […]
Supreme Court Cases
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Supreme Court Case. In 2008, in the Heller decision, the Court upheld citizens’ rights to bear arms and shot down a federal policy in the […]
McCutcheon and Capping Donations
Supreme Court Decision. This recent Supreme Court Ruling reversed a federal law that capped how much one individual can contribute, en toto, to federal candidates […]
Citizens United v. F.E.C (2010)
Supreme Court Decision. The Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission decision ruled that Congress’s limitation of electioneering by independent groups in the days near an […]
Comparison Case: Rucho
Court Veers from Political Thicket. In a recent ruling the Supreme Court ruled that . . . [2-3 sentences]. Listen to the recent report from […]