Comparison Case: Church and State
A Cross in a Public Space? Nina Totenberg reported on this First Amendment controversy that came before the Supreme Court. It involves a large cross […]
Judiciary
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 […]
Little Rock Nine
Making the Brown Decision Real. In 1957, U.S. troops escorted nine African Americans into the otherwise all-white Central High School in Little Rock. The plan […]
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 […]