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United States v. Virginia

Virginia Military Institute accepts women
2000
Presents information about the Supreme Court case which questioned the Virginia Military Institute's male-only policy and which refueled the debate regarding private, single-gender schools.

Cruzan v. Missouri

the right to die case
1999
Examines the 1989 Supreme Court case that dealt with whether the family of Nancy Cruzan had a right to remove a feeding and hydration tube from her body.

Vernonia School District v. Acton

drug testing in schools
1999
Describes the 1995 Supreme Court case which held that public school officials could do mandatory drug testing if they showed that a drug problem existed among the students, even though individual students were not suspected.

Gibbons v. Ogden

controlling trade between states
1999
Describes the Supreme Court case concerning the steamboat monopoly between New York State and New Jersey, which established the right of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.

Schenck v. United States

restrictions on free speech
1999
Describes the landmark case which limited free speech in cases of "clear and present danger" to national security, as well as later cases which continued working out the limits of freedom of speech.

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