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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

What was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?

What are some landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions?

When was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decided?

Who wrote the decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?

What cases addressed the issue of "separate but equal" in public education?

What cases led up to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

What cases are related to the 14th Amendment and equal protection?

What Supreme Court case began in Little Rock, Arkansas?

What are some famous decisions written by Chief Justice Warren?

This site contains the complete text of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, which changed the law regarding racial segregation in public schools by declaring that the "separate but equal" approach could not provide African-American children the same education available to white children.

County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union

What was the County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union?

What is the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?

What court decisions relate to freedom of religion?

Do religious holiday displays on public property violate the Establishment Clause?

Are religious holiday displays constitutional?

What was the final ruling of the Allegheny case?

A case summary and complete U.S. Supreme Court opinion in County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union (1989). The case concerned the constitutionality of holiday displays on government property. The opinion rejected purely religious displays on but declared constitutional a display which combines symbols of multiple religions as part of a larger winter holiday exhibit.

Abington School Dist. v. Schempp

What was Abington School District v. Schempp?

What is the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?

What court decisions relate to freedom of religion?

Does school prayer violate the Establishment Clause?

Is school prayer constitutional?

Do students have a right to freedom from religion in public schools?

Do students have a right not to recite the Bible in school?

The complete 1963 U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Abington School District v. Schempp, which declared unconstitutional public school Bible readings at the beginning of the school day.

Abington School Dist. v. Schempp

What was Abington School District v. Schempp?

What is the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?

What court decisions relate to freedom of religion?

Does school prayer violate the Establishment Clause?

Is school prayer constitutional?

Do students have a right to freedom from religion in public schools?

Do students have a right not to recite the Bible in school?

The complete 1963 U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Abington School District v. Schempp, which declared unconstitutional public school Bible readings at the beginning of the school day.

Major Features of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

What were the main features of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affect voting rights and literacy tests?

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affect desegregation and discrimination towards minorities?

What is the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission?

What did the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments have to do with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

What relation did Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas have to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

What is the difference between the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960 and 1964?

What were the social conditions leading up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

What sort of impact did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. have on the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

What civil rights leaders influenced the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

What sort of influence did President Kennedy have on the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Did Attorney General Robert Kennedy have any influence on the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Who was the President that signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Did Lyndon Johnson support the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

This site contains a summary of the major features of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as a comprehensive history of all the events leading up to the passage of the Act. A case history is provided that details all of the political processed that occurred in order for the Act to be passed.

Famous Trials

 What are some famous trials?

Where can I find records, transcripts and other documentation of famous trials?

Where can I find summaries of famous trials?

Documentation and summaries of some of the most famous trials from 399 B.C. to present, as compiled and written by Professor Douglas Linder. Information for many trials includes newspaper accounts, trial records including transcripts, Supreme Court arguments and decisions, letters or diary entries, images, chronologies, and Linder's summaries. Trials include: Trial of Socrates, Trial of Jesus, Trial of Galileo, Salem Witchcraft Trials, John Peter Zenger Trial, Boston Massacre Trials, Mutiny on the Bounty Court-Martial, Burr Conspiracy Trial, Amistad Trials, Dakota Conflict Trials, Lincoln Conspiracy Trial, Johnson Impeachment Trial, Susan Anthony Trial, Louis Riel Trial, Lizzie Borden Trial, Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Bill Haywood Trial, Sheriff Shipp Trial, Triangle Fire Trial, Black Sox Trial, Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Leopold and Loeb Trial, Scopes "Monkey" Trial, Sweet Trials, Scottsboro Boys Trials, Hauptmann (Lindbergh) Trial, Nuremberg Trials, Alger Hiss Trials, Rosenberg Trial, Lenny Bruce Trial, Mississippi Burning Trial, Chicago 7 Trial, My Lai Courts Martial, Charles Manson Trial, John Hinckley Jr. Trial, Chamberlain "Dingo" Trial, McMartin Preschool Trial, LAPD Officers' (King Beating) Trial, O.J. Simpson Trial.

Iran-contra affair

What was the Iran-Contra affair?

What was Reagan's involvement in the Iran-Contra affair?

Who was Oliver North?

What was the Sandinista government?

Who did we ship arms to in the Iran-Contra affair?

Why did the Iran-Contra affair occur?

When did the Iran-Contra affair occur?

This site contains a brief summary of the events surrounding the Iran-contra affair and the people involved.

Anti-Vietnam War Movement

What was the anti-Vietnam War movement?

What was the Tonkin Gulf resolution?

What was Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)?

What was the Kent State incident?

Short encyclopedia article on the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War, including information on famous protests and government resolutions.

The Rodney King Beating Trials

 What are some famous trials?

Who is Rodney King?

What was the Rodney King incident?

What offenses were the police officers charged with in the Rodney King beating incident?

What were the verdicts in the Rodney King trials?

Who are Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Brisano, Stacey Koon, Michael Stone, Terry White, and Judge Stanley Weisberg?

Discussion of the Rodney King beating incident which occurred during the 1991 Los Angeles riots, authored by Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Includes an analysis of the subsequent trials involving LA police officers, excerpts of testimony, and a description of key evidence, including the video.

District of Columbia v. Heller

When is it allowable to carry a firearm?

How can the government regulate guns?

How do "people" and "militia" differ from one another in the Second Amendment?

How must guns be stored in an individual's home?

What kind of guns are civilians allowed to have?

2008 Supreme Court case holding that the Second Amendment of the Constitution protects an individual's right to bear arms. It is the first Supreme Court case that definitively speaks to the issue of whether it is constitutional for an individual to bear arms or or if that right only applies to a collective body or militia.

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