Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kendall Thomas - Critical Race Theory
Kendall Thomas is a scholar of comparative constitutional law and human rights whose teaching and research focus on critical race theory, legal philosophy, feminist legal theory, and law and sexuality.Thomas is the co-founder and...
Mr. Beat
Plyler v. Doe
Tyler, Texas 1975 Under the leadership of James Plyler, the Tyler Independent School District begins charging $1,000 a year for unauthorized immigrant students to attend school there. It had justified this decision by a recent Texas law...
Mr. Beat
Gibbons v. Ogden
New York State 1808 The New York state legislature grants Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton exclusive privileges to operate their steamboats on the rivers of the state. If those names sound familiar, it's because Livingston was, I...
Cerebellum
The Judicial Branch Of Government - Instances When The Court Influences Politics - Dred Scott And The Civil War
The Supreme Court’s responsibility is to interpret all laws and ensure that they do not conflict with the founding principles of the Constitution. This video looks at how the Dred Scott vs Stanford court case added tensions to that which...
Hip Hughes History
The Eleventh Amendment Explained in 3 Minutes: The Constitution for Dummies Series
Continuing the Constitution for Dummies Series with Amendment Eleven. Explained simply so you can understand the Constitution of the United States.
Mr. Beat
Texas v. White
Austin, Texas 1851 As promised in the Compromise of 1850, the United States Congress pays the state of Texas $10 million in bonds. Flash forward to February 1, 1861, and both Texas citizens and members of the Texas state legislature vote...
Mr. Beat
Sony v. Universal
Sony develops a new technology called Betamax. It was the first video tape recording form made widely available for the public. People could use this technology to, for the first time ever, record stuff from live TV or even from other...
The Business Professor
Authority for Judicial System - Article III
This Video Explains Authority for Judicial System - Article III
Hip Hughes History
The Fifth Amendment Explained: The Constitution for Dummies Series
Continuing the Constitution for Dummies Series with the Bill of Rights and Amendment 5. Explained simply so you can understand the Constitution of the United States.
Mazz Media
FEDERAL SUPREMACY AND SELECTIVE INCORPORATION
CHAPTER 1. Federal Supremacy Students will learn about the "supremacy clause" of the constitution that states that the constitution and the laws passed by congress are the "supreme law of the land". Further, viewers will come to...
Mr. Beat
Gideon v. Wainwright
Reading Through History: The Great Supreme Court Cases Panama City, Florida June 3, 1961 Sometime between midnight and 8am, someone breaks into the Bay Harbor Poolroom and steals money from a cash register. One witness reported that they...
Curated Video
FEDERAL SUPREMACY AND SELECTIVE INCORPORATION
CHAPTER 1. Federal Supremacy Students will learn about the “supremacy clause” of the constitution that states that the constitution and the laws passed by congress are the “supreme law of the land”. Further, viewers will come to...
Hip Hughes History
The UnWritten Constitution Explained: US History Review
What is the UnWritten Constitution? Find out in a fast, fun and focused way. Perfect for test crammers, life ling learners and the cray cray on the internets.
PBS
The 2nd Amendment Explained
When we talk about the 2nd amendment today, we talk almost exclusively about the "right to bear arms" and individual gun ownership. But whatever happened to a "well-regulated militia?" In today's episode we dive deep into the Supreme...
Cerebellum
America: Nationalism And Change 1818-1830 - The Indian Removal Act 1830
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video examines the documents...
TLDR News
Why The Supreme Court's Major LGBTQ Ruling Was so Shocking What it Means for the Future - TLDR News
Yesterday the US supreme court made a major ruling in favour of LGBTQ+ rights. The decision was good news for activists, but it also represented a major surprise, with two conservatives justices siding with the four more liberal judges...
Mr. Beat
Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens
Omaha, Nebraska 1985 A group of students at Westside High School wants to form a Christian Bible Study Club that would meet after school, but on school grounds. One of the students, Bridget Mergens, asks the principal, James Finley, if...
The Business Professor
Authority for Judiciary Under Article I of the Constitution
This Video Explains Authority for Judiciary Under Article I of the Constitution
Cerebellum
Compromise And Conflict in America: 1848-1857 - Gadsden Purchase (1853)
This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...
Red Rock Films
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
How a civil rights lawyer came to be the first African American judge on the Supreme Court.
Cerebellum
Compromise And Conflict in America: 1848-1857 - Dred Scott V. Sandford (1857)
This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...
Mr. Beat
Roe v. Wade
In the first episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat explains one of the most controversial cases in American history- Roe v. Wade. A young woman named Norma McCorvey was single, pregnant, and scared about her future. She wanted an...
Hip Hughes History
The Slaughterhouse Cases: Interpreting the 14th Amendment
An examination of the 14th amendment through the 1873 Slaughterhouse Cases. Perfect for APGOV students, pre-law students and life long learners.
Hip Hughes History
Separate But Equal for Dummies - United States Constitutional Law & Segregation
HipHughes explains the very basic premise of the heart of Jim Crow legalization; the Separate But Equal Doctrine. Students of US History should know, that this one is a must, if you don't understand it you best stay home test day.