The pursuit of justice : Supreme Court decisions that shaped America

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The pursuit of justice : Supreme Court decisions that shaped America

Kermit L. Hall & John J. Patrick

Oxford University Press, c2006

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"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands ; The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-247) and index

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  • The rise of judicial review / Marbury v. Madison (1803)
  • The National Bank and federalism / McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
  • Steamboats, states' rights, and the powers of Congress / Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
  • Denying an appeal for freedom / Scott v. Sandford (1857)
  • Civil liberties and the Civil War / Ex parte Milligan (1866)
  • Separate but not equal / Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
  • The rights of labor and the rights of women / Lochner v. New York (1905), Muller v. Oregon (1908)
  • The latitude and limits of free speech / Schenck v. United States (1919), Abrams v. United States (1919)
  • Affirming the New Deal / West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)
  • The flag-salute cases / Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940), West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
  • Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II / Hirabayashi v. United States (1943), Korematsu v. United States ((1944)
  • A decision to limit presidential power / Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
  • Public school desegregation / Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954, 1955)
  • Establishing equality in voting and representation / Baker v. Carr (1962), Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
  • Freedom of the press in a free society / New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
  • Finding a right to privacy / Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
  • The right to remain silent / Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
  • Freedom of speech in public schools / Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
  • Standards for interpreting the establishment clause / Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
  • Abortion, privacy, and values in conflict / Roe v. Wade (1973)
  • Presidential immunity and the Watergate crisis / United States v. Nixon (1974)
  • Affirmative action and the boundaries of discrimination / Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
  • The judicial path to the White House / Bush v. Gore (2000)

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With a survey of the thirty Supreme Court cases that, in the opinion of U.S. Supreme Court justices and leading civics educators and legal historians, are the most important for American citizens to understand, The Pursuit of Justice is the perfect companion for those wishing to learn more about American civics and government. The cases range across three centuries of American history, including such landmarks as Marbury v. Madison (1803), which established the principle of judicial review; Scott v. Sandford (1857), which inflamed the slavery argument in the United States and led to the Civil War; Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which memorialized the concept of separate but equal; and Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which overturned Plessy. Dealing with issues of particular concern to students, such as voting, school prayer, search and seizure, and affirmative action, and broad democratic concepts such as separation of powers, federalism, and separation of church and state, the book covers all the major cases specified in the national and state civics and American history standards. For each case, there is an introductory essay providing historical background and legal commentary as well as excerpts from the decision(s); related documents such as briefs or evidence, with headnotes and/or marginal commentary, some possibly in facsimile; and features or sidebars on principal players in the decisions, whether attorneys, plaintiffs, defendants, or justices. An introductory essay defines the criteria for selecting the cases and setting them in the context of American history and government, and a concluding essay suggests the role that the Court will play in the future.

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