Fireside, Harvey Sherrow, Victoria Freedman, Suzanne, 1932 Persico, Deborah A Miller, J. Anthony Farish, Leah Banfield, Susan Trespacz, Karen L Fuller, Sarah Betsy Alonso, Karen DeVillers, David Levinson, Isabel Simone Sergis, Diana K Pettifor, Bonnie Streissguth, Thomas Herda, D. J., 1948 Van Zee, Amy Cates, David Kenney, Karen Latchana
Discusses the cases brought by the Cherokee Nation and its supporters against the state of Georgia beginning in the 1830s to protect the rights of the Cherokee living there.
Describes the trial of Muhammad Ali, the first three-time boxing Heavyweight Champion of the world, for refusing to serve in the Vietnam War. A library of the most important United States Supreme Court cases. Examines the issues leading up to the case, the people involved in the case, and the present-day effects of the Court's decision. Each book contains chapter notes, a further reading list, and an index.
The landmark Supreme Court case that dealt with drawing the line between legal and illegal searches of private residences and what evidence obtained from such searches is admissible in court.
Provides background and discussion of the case brought by a white male student who challenged the affirmative action policy used in admitting students to the University of California medical school.
Examines the 1988 Supreme Court case that dealt with the question of whether the censorship of student newspapers by school administrators violated the students' First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Profiles the case of Fred Korematsu, who sought compensation from the American government for his time spent in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.
Describes the Supreme Court case concerning the steamboat monopoly between New York State and New Jersey, which established the right of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
Describes the Supreme Court decision in the case of New York Times v. Sullivan, preventing public officials from receiving damages for false statements unless they can prove actual malice.
Describes the landmark case which limited free speech in cases of "clear and present danger" to national security, as well as later cases which continued working out the limits of freedom of speech.
Describes the 1995 Supreme Court case which held that public school officials could do mandatory drug testing if they showed that a drug problem existed among the students, even though individual students were not suspected.
Discusses the details and the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Lemon v. Kurtzman, which was about the use of public funds in connection with religion.
Examines the Supreme Court case of 1819 in which the issue of state right came to bear on banking practices of the Bank of the United States in Maryland.
Describes the people involved on both sides of the famous Supreme Court case, regarding whether or not slaves had rights as citizens of the United States.
