Texas v Johnson (1989)
Case The Republican Party’s national convention in 1984 to renominate Ronald Reagan, in Dallas, Texas, was met with protests and criticism. One of the protestors
Case The Republican Party’s national convention in 1984 to renominate Ronald Reagan, in Dallas, Texas, was met with protests and criticism. One of the protestors
Case The 1954 landmark case Brown v. Board of Education established that education must be offered “on equal terms.” However, in 1973, the parents of
Case In 2003, 14 states in the United States had anti-sodomy laws. However, only four of them had been regularly enforcing those laws against homosexual
Case The United States first established a national bank under its first president, George Washington. Arguing in favor of robust national powers, Alexander Hamilton had
Case Since the New Deal legislation of the 1930s, the national power to regulate interstate commerce seemed settled in the federal government’s hands. Until 1995,
Case T.L.O was a fourteen-year-old high schooler in New Jersey. A teacher found T.L.O and her classmate smoking cigarettes in the girl’s bathroom. Since this
Case In 2013, Texas legislators passed House Bill 2 (HB 2), which established two main abortion-related restrictions. First, it required that physicians obtain admitting privileges
Case In the late 1960s and early 70s, controversy surrounding the Vietnam War plagued the nation. In 1967, United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara
Case In Furman v Georgia (1972), the Supreme Court found that sweeping jury discretion in death penalty cases was unconstitutional. Many predicted that this decision
Case The United States government has a history of brutalizing Native Americans and breaking treaties with Indigenous tribes. In 2018, the Supreme Court heard arguments