Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176).
Introduction: "A Government of Laws, Not Men" -- How the Supreme Court Became Supreme -- Marbury V. Madison -- Dred Scott V. Sanford -- One Nation Under God? Matters of Church and State -- Engle V. Vitale -- Epperson V. Arkansas -- Van Orden V. Perry -- McCreary County, Kentucky V. ACLU of Kentucky -- Innocent Until Proven Guilty: The Rights of the Accused -- Gideon V. Wainwright -- Miranda V. Arizona -- Melting Pot: Race, Discrimination, and Diversity -- Brown V. Board of Education -- Gratz V. Bollinger -- Grutter V. Bollinger -- Boy Scouts of America V. Dale -- Playing Politics -- Buckley V. Valeo -- Bush V. Gore -- Right of Privacy: From Before the Cradle to the Grave -- Griswold V. Connecticut -- Roe V. Wade -- Washington V. Glucksberg -- "Big Government" in Your Business and in Your Backyard -- West Coast Hotel Co. V. Parish -- Heart of Atlanta Motel V. United States -- Katzenbach V. McClung -- Burlington Industries V. Ellerth -- Standard Oil Co. V. United States -- Kelo V. City of New London -- Monroe V. Pape -- Limiting the Imperial Presidency -- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. V. Sawyer -- United States V. Nixon -- How Free Is Free Speech? -- Brandenburg V. Ohio -- Miller V. California -- Texas V. Johnson -- New York Times Co. V. Sullivan -- New York Times Co. V. United States -- Old Laws and New Technologies -- MGM Studios Inc. V. Grokster, Ltd. -- Kyllo V. United States -- United States V. American Library Association. Chapter 1. 1. 2. Chapter 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Chapter 3. 7. 8. Chapter 4. 9. 10. 11. 12. Chapter 5. 13. 14. Chapter 6. 15. 16. 17. Chapter 7. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Chapter 8. 25. 26. Chapter 9. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Chapter 10. 32. 33. 34.
The Supreme court Protects our most basic constitutional rights. Yet many of us are unaware of how deeply its decisions reach into our personal lives. Cant the government seize your house in order to build a shopping mall? Cant it tell you what you can and can't do within the privacy of your own home? How far can it go in regulating your use of the Internet? These are some of the questions answered in this concise, easy-to-read primer of the Supreme Court cases that most directly impact your life.
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