Schenck v. United States (1919)
Clear and Present Danger. The first time the Supreme Court examined a federal conviction on a free speech claim was in Schenck v. United States […]
Supreme Court Cases
Comparison Case: Obergefell
Court puts equality over states’ rights. In a recent ruling the Supreme Court ruled that states’ legal definitions of traditional, heterosexual marriage and a denial […]
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 […]
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 […]