Landmark Supreme Court cases
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[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 4
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Presents background information, the case itself, & the far-reaching impact it has had. - 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.
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Texas v. Johnson: the flag burning case
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The Bakke case: quotas in college admissions
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Ferrell v. Dallas I.S.D.: hairstyles in schools
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Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: censorship in school newspapers
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Korematsu v. United States: Japanese-American internment camps
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Marbury v. Madison: powers of the Supreme Court
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Gibbons v. Ogden: controlling trade between states
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New York Times v. Sullivan: affirming freedom of the press
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c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Describes the 1995 Supreme Court case which held that public school officals could do mandatory drug testing if they showed that a drug problem existed among the students, even though individual students were not suspected.
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Lemon v. Kurtzman: the religion and public funds case
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Loving v. Virginia: interracial marriage
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Cipollone v. Liggett Group: suing tobacco companies
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Bush v. Gore: controversial presidential election case
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McCulloch v. Maryland: when state and federal powers conflict
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On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court announced its decision in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller. By a vote of 5 to 4, the court struck down a ban on guns as a violation of the Second Amendment. Still, the debate rages on. Does a private citizen still have the right to own a gun for self-defense of the home? Did the government have the right to restrict an entire class of weapons, either by levying taxes or banning them altogether? Tom Streissguth...