Landmark Supreme Court cases

Examines the arguments behind this 1966 Supreme Court case that resulted in the ruling that police must advise the accused of their rights.

Examines the 1988 Supreme Court case which dealt with the question of whether the censorship of student newspapers by school administrators violated the students' first amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

Examines the ideas and arguments behind the landmark Supreme Court case involving the death penalty in Georgia in 1972.

Discusses the case in which three students in the Dallas Independent School District were suspended from school in 1966 because of their hairstyles.

Profiles the case of Fred Korematsu, who sought compensation from the American government for his time spent in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.

The landmark Supreme Court case that dealt with drawing the line between legal and illegal searches of private residences and what evidence obtained from such searches is admissible in court.

Covers the case of Texas v. Johnson, in which the question before the court was whether flag burning is an activity protected by the Bill of Rights.

Examines the 1963 Supreme Court case that guarantees legal counsel to all who are accused of a felony.

Examines ideas and arguments behind the case that brought about equal schooling for all.

Describes the trial of Muhammad Ali, the first three-time boxing Heavyweight Champion of the world, for refusing to serve in the Vietnam War.