Landmark Supreme Court cases
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Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Presents background information, the case itself, & the far-reaching impact it has had. - A library of the most important United States Supreme Court cases. Examines the issues leading up to the case, the people involved in the case, and the present-day effects of the Court's decision. Each book contains chapter notes, a further reading list, and an index.
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Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This book discusses the cases brought by the Cherokee Nation and its supporters against the state of Georgia beginning in the 1830s to protect the rights of the Cherokee living there.
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Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The landmark Supreme Court case that dealt with drawing the line between legal and illegal searches of private residences and what evidence obtained from such searches is admissible in court.
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Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Examines the people, events, and legal issues involved in the Supreme Court case that challenged a state's right to allow separate but equal railroad accomodations for different races.
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Texas v. Johnson: the flag burning case
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The Bakke case: quotas in college admissions
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Ferrell v. Dallas I.S.D.: hairstyles in schools
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Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: censorship in school newspapers
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Korematsu v. United States: Japanese-American internment camps
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Marbury v. Madison: powers of the Supreme Court
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Gibbons v. Ogden: controlling trade between states
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New York Times v. Sullivan: affirming freedom of the press
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Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Describes the 1995 Supreme Court case which held that public school officals could do mandatory drug testing if they showed that a drug problem existed among the students, even though individual students were not suspected.
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Lemon v. Kurtzman: the religion and public funds case
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Loving v. Virginia: interracial marriage
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Cipollone v. Liggett Group: suing tobacco companies
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Bush v. Gore: controversial presidential election case
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McCulloch v. Maryland: when state and federal powers conflict
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District of Columbia v. Heller: the right to bear arms case
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Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Describes the landmark Supreme Court case of Dred Scott, a slave who sued for his freedom, and includes the events leading up to the case, the Supreme Court's ruling, and how it affected future cases and the history of the United States.