trials, litigation, etc

Valerie Plame Wilson, wife of Ambassador Joesph Wilson, discusses how the revelation to the American public that she was a spy impacted her personal and professional life and addresses questions about her training, experiences, covert status, responsibilities, and personal life.

Examines the Supreme Court case of 1803 that marked the first time that a law passed by Congress was found to be illegal according to the Constitution.

Examines the Supreme Court case of 1819 in which the issue of state rights came to bear on banking practices of the Bank of the United States in Maryland.

Provides an account of the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v Maryland in which the State of Maryland attempted to block the operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States, setting off a debate over issues of sovereignty and implied powers.

Examines the 1966 Supreme Court case involving Ernesto Miranda and the State of Arizona; discussing the trial, appeals, and decision that led to the Miranda Warnings.

Provides an account of the Supreme Court case of Furman v Georgia in which the Court overturned the imposition of the death penalty for convicted murderer William Henry Furman after hearing arguments that the death sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment and was in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments.

Examines the 1963 Supreme Court case of Gideon v Wainwright; discussing the history of the right to counsel in the United States, trial, and decision.

Chronicles the controversial trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the New York couple accused of conspiring to give military secrets to the Soviets at the end of World War II, and presents numerous primary source excerpts and photos.

Examines the 1962 Supreme Court case between Steven I. Engel and four other parents and William J. Vitale, Jr., president of the New Hyde Park School Board regarding the issue of prayer in the public school.

Chronicles the life of Dred Scott and his eleven-year struggle to gain his freedom after his master brought him to the free state of Illinois, and describes the Supreme Court decision of Roger B. Taney in 1857.