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 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.
Presents a brief profile of the 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case and decision between William Marbury and newly appointed Secretary of State James Madison that would alter the balance of power among the three branches of government.
