trials, litigation, etc

An analysis of the political and social ramifications of the Dred Scott decision.

Describes the historical context of the case, University of California Regents v. Bakke, and details the claims made by both sides as well as the outcome, including excerpts from the Supreme Court justices decisions.

Describes the historical context of the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case involving Ernesto Miranda and the State of Arizona in which Miranda's guilty verdict was overturned on the basis that he had not been properly informed of his legal rights.

Chronicles the 2000 presidential election dispute and discusses each side of the "Bush v. Gore" Supreme Court case.

Examines the history of the Jim Crow laws that allowed the segregation of whites and African-Americans, discusses challenges to the laws, and looks at how things changed when the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public education in 1954 in the case of "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.".