Illinois Institute of Technology
The Oyez Project: Antonin Scalia
Excellent biographical site on Justice Antonin Scalia including links to personal facts about his life, a biography, and a listing of the cases he judged over with links to those cases.
US Department of State
America.gov: The Right to Legal Counsel: The Gideon v. Wainwright Decision
This article provides an overview of the right to legal representation for the poor and Chief Justice Black's opinion in the precedent-setting case.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Newsmaker Profiles: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Extensive information about Samuel Alito, his background, opinions in cases, background documents, and other resources.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: Mc Culloch v. Maryland (1819)
The Supreme Court ruling in this landmark case declared that states could not tax federal institutions.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Impact of Dred Scott: In Federal Judicial System
Describes how the Dred Scott became increasingly significant politically as it progressed through the court system, finally reaching the US Supreme Court.
Cengage Learning
Cenage Learning: American Constitutional Law Practice Tests
Think you know your Constitutional law? Here are twelve tests designed to quiz you on the various important cases tied to the tenets of the Constitution.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Linda Brown 1943
Read a brief summary of the life story of Linda Brown whose civil rights experiences were the basis for the famous historical case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
Digital History
Digital History: The Disputed Election of 2000
Online summary of the dispute over the presidential election of 2000 and the outcome.
Other
Syracuse University: Project Legal: Compu Legal: Feiner v New York
This site contains information and the court ruling in the Supreme Court case of Feiner v. New York. Includes a cartoon about the case. Follow through the tutorial to eventually come to the outcome of the case.
Other
Freedom Forum: What Is the Fighting Words Doctrine?
A good summary of the "Fighting Words Doctrine" which was first articulated in the Supreme Court Case of Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire. Contains links to case summaries.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Inst.: Japanese Americans and Constitutional Guarantees
A lesson plan that explores the history of the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and a discussion of some of the resulting Supreme Court cases.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Schenck v. United States
This encyclopedia entry summarizes the landmark Supreme Court case of Schenck v. United States, which pitted the right of free speech against the 1917 Espionage Act.
University of Missouri
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Baker v. Carr
Primary source of the Supreme Court case Baker V.Carr.
Other
International Civil Rights Center and Museum: America's Civil Rights Timeline
Provides a timeline of the civil rights movement from the Dred Scott Supreme Court case in 1857 up to the affirmative action policy instated at the University of Michigan Law School in 1992.
Other
The Legacy of Brown v Board of Education
Resource explores the history and legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education landmark Supreme Court case and addresses critical questions about race and ethnicity in America over the past 60 years.
Other
Tcnj: Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Digital Archive
An extensive archive of documents, articles, images, and activities related to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case from 1954. The site was last updated in 2004 and the video links do not seem to be working now. The...
Other
International Civil Rights Center: Explore History: Civil Rights Movement
In 1960, four students at North Carolina A&T University decided to protest segregation laws by staging a sit-in at the Woolworth store lunch counter. Their action sparked a nation-wide protest by students that spread from just...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Medical Marijuana: Legitimate Use or Legalized Abuse?
Explore the issues surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court case related to medical marijuana use. Make conclusions on how the proposed law could jeopardize all federal drug laws and whether this should be a federal or state issue.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Our Constitution
This book takes an in-depth look at the Constitution, annotated with detailed explanations of its terms and contents. Included are texts of primary source materials, sidebar material on each article and amendment, profiles of Supreme...
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Constitution Quiz: Constitution Duel
Challenge friends to a duel! As you take this quiz you will be asked to answer 10 multiple-choice questions in this knowledge duel to defend your constitutional honor. Questions will come from categories such as the Constitution, primary...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: The South After the Civil War: Jim Crow
Explains how Jim Crow laws came to be created in the South and what it meant for African Americans. Discusses the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case, how its decision was eventually overturned, and the events that brought an end to...
This Nation
This nation.com: Brown v. Board of Education 2 (1955)
This site from ThisNation.com provides Chief Justice Earl Warren's full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: In Re Gault
The full text of the Supreme Court opinion, delivered by Mr. Justice Fortas, which reversed the judgement in the 1967 Arizona case against 15-year old Gerald Gault.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Brown v. Board of Education
The National Park Service provides backgroud on the historic U.S. Supreme Court racial segregation case, Brown vs. Board of Education. Includes a link to a PDF on related historical places (requires Adobe Reader).
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