American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Supreme Court Justice. She was one of the first female attorneys and fought gender inequality for much of her career as a lawyer, even arguing cases before the Supreme Court prior to herself taking a...
BBC
Bbc: Profile: Sonia Sotomayor
This BBC profile provides an overview of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's background with an emphasis on her professional life. Also provides links to related stories on significant judicial issues, significant cases she has...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Offers the complete text of the Supreme Court decision in the case of Furman v. Georgia. This case deals with the issues of death penalty and cruel and unusual punishment.
Stanford University
Law and Election 2000
Standford Law School has compiled a list of court documents from numerous cases from the 2000 presidential election. Documents from the US Supreme Court as well as documents from Florida, Texas, California, Georgia, Illinois, and New...
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Annotation 10: Sixth Amendment: Assistance to Council
This article uses specific court cases to show how the right to counsel at trial was developed into the present day standard.
Other
Freedom Forum: First Amendment Struggles & Triumphs
Find out how the First Amendment serves citizens in real life by reading about Daniel Ellsberg, Mary Beth Tinker, and Alton T. Lemon, all of whom were principal litigants in landmark Supreme Court cases regarding the freedom of expression.
iCivics
I Civics: Court Quest
In Court Quest, people from around the country need your help to navigate our court system. Listen carefully to each case, so you can guide them to the right place!
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: De Jonge v. State of Oregon (1937)
This resource provides a summary of the case De Jonge v State of Oregon.
FOX News
Fox News: High Court Has Split Decision on Affirmative Action
Fox News analyzes the Gratz and Grutter cases and what it means for affirmative action in this June, 2003, report.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Gault Case Changed Juvenile Law
A learning module that begins with "Gault Case Changed Juvenile Law" by Margot Adler accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Other
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka: Case Background
Gives the background to the Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)
This Supreme Court case deals with whether a state government can seize a private university and make it a public one. Contains an abstract of the case and a list of how the justices at that time voted on the case.
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About King v. Burwell
Learning module with lesson plan in which students learn about the various for and against positions of the A.C.A. (Affordable Care Act) by watching C-SPAN videos and reading related articles, then participate in a classroom deliberation...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Naacp, Constance Baker Motley
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Justice Constance Baker Motley recalls her role as an NAACP attorney in landmark school desegregation cases.
Other
Supreme Law Firm: The Supreme Law Library
A large repository of legal articles, documents from well-known court cases, significant legal decisions, and more. Contains numerous primary documents, many relating to governmental history.
Boston College
Boston College: Freedom of Speech: Court Decisions: Roth v United States
Transcript of a Supreme Court decision, from 1957, in Roth v United States, a case that weighed constitutional freedoms of speech and the rights of individuals to own and distribute materials deemed by the government to be obscene.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Mc Culloch v. Maryland (1819): John Marshall and the Bank Case [Pdf]
Lesson on Supreme Court Landmark case in which learners analyze the constitutional argument and significance of McCulloch v. Maryland and further analyze and interpret implied constitutional powers of Congress through writing, discussion...
iCivics
I Civics: Mc Culloch v. Maryland
Students learn about the landmark case McCulloch v. Maryland, in which the Supreme Court clarified what kinds of actions Congress can take under the "necessary and proper" clause. Students find out what events led to this case, look at...
Georgetown University
Berkley Center: Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
In Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, the Supreme Court considered a free exercise challenge to the U.S. Forest Service's construction of a road through an area used by certain American Indian groups for religious...
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez: Schechter Poultry Corp. V. United States (1935)
This U.S. Supreme Court case declared the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) of the New Deal illegal because of the issue of separation of powers. The 'Case Basics' links have documents and more information from the court case.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: Richmond v. j.a. Croson Co. (1989)
This Supreme Court case concerns the concept of affirmative action. This site provides a brief description of the court case, contains a link to an audio file, and lists the justices who presided and how they voted.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: United States v. Nixon (1974)
This U.S. Supreme Court case required President Nixon to produce the Watergate Tapes. This resource provides an abstract containing a concise summary, a link to the full text of the decision, and a record of how the justices that sat on...
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: United States v. Butler (1936)
This U.S. Supreme Court case declared the first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of the New Deal illegal because of the issue of Federalism. This resource provides an abstract containing a concise summary, a link to the full text of the...
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
The U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and dealt with the issues of equal protection and racial discrimination. This resource provides an abstract containing a concise summary, a link to the full text of the...
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