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Freedom Forum: First Amendment Struggles & Triumphs

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Find out how the First Amendment serves citizens in real life by reading about Daniel Ellsberg, Mary Beth Tinker, and Alton T. Lemon, all of whom were principal litigants in landmark Supreme Court cases regarding the freedom of expression.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Roe v Wade

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Detailed facts and interesting information about the 1973 landmark Supreme Court decision in the case of Roe v. Wade which ruled that state governments could not regulate abortion during the first three months until the end of the first...
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Touro Law Center: William Marbury vs. James Madison

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Transcript of the landmark court case that established the constitutional principle of judicial review. Judicial review is the concept that the federal judiciary has final power as to whether an act of the Congress or the Executive...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Delaware: Howard High School

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All black high school, subject of Gebhart v. Belton desegregation case that was combined with others in Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education case.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Missouri: Field House

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This was the home of attorney Roswell Field, who represented slave Dred Scott in the U.S. Supreme Court case Scott v. Sandford (1857). Also the birthplace of Field's son, author Eugene Field, the house is currently known as the Eugene...
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Cornell University: Law School: Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

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Offers the complete syllabus of the landmark Supreme Court case of Lemon v. Kurtzman. This case dealt with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and established the "Lemon test," which states that there be no excessive...
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This Nation: Marbury v. Madison, 5 u.s. 137 (1803)

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This resource provides the full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case, written by John Marshall.
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Wikipedia: Schenck v. United States

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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.
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The Legacy of Brown v Board of Education

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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.
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Bill of Rights Institute: Constitution Quiz: Constitution Duel

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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...
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Fred T. Korematsu Institute: Korematsu v United States

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Here's a biography of civil rights activist, Fred Korematsu, who protested his arrest and conviction in 1942 for his refusal to report to an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Find about his lifelong fight to clear his name and for...

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