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Books in Landmark Supreme Court Cases: Gold Edition series

  • Clay V. United States: Muhammad Ali Objects to War

    Suzanne Freedman

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 1997)
    Describes the trial of Muhammad Ali, the first three-time boxing Heavyweight Champion of the world, for refusing to serve in the Vietnam War.
  • Weeks V. United States: Illegal Search and Seizure

    Bonnie Pettifor, Charles E. Petit

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Examines the case of Weeks v. United States, in which a Kansas City man claimed the police unlawfully searched his home.
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  • New Jersey V. T.L.O: Drug Searches in Schools

    Deborah A. Persico

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, May 1, 1998)
    Details the Supreme Court case that dealt with drug searches by public school employees and debated the Fourth Amendment rights of students.
  • Marbury V. Madison: Powers of the Supreme Court

    David Devillers

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Jan. 1, 1998)
    Discusses the case Marbury v. Madison in which the idea of judicial review became part of the federal government's system of checks and balances.
  • United States V. Amistad: Rebellion on a Slave Ship

    Suzanne Freedman

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Nov. 1, 2000)
    Examines events and opinions surround the case of United States v. Amistad, in which a group of Africans were put on trial for staging a revolt aboard the slave ship Amistad.
  • Marriage Equality: Obergefell V. Hodges

    Jason Porterfield

    Library Binding (Enslow Publishing, Jan. 1, 2017)
    Examines the Supreme Court case of Obergefell v. Hodges that recognized same-sex marriage.
  • New York Times V. Sullivan: Affirming Freedom of the Press

    Harvey Fireside

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, May 1, 1999)
    Describes the decision preventing public officials from getting damages for falsehoods unless they can prove actual malice
  • Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Question

    D. J. Herda

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Feb. 1, 1994)
    A look at the people, ideas, and arguments behind the landmark case sheds light on the abortion controversy that still rages throughout the United States
  • Vernonia School District V. Acton: Drug Testing in Schools

    Deborah A. Persico

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 1999)
    Describes the 1995 Supreme Court case which held that public school officials could do mandatory drug testing if they showed that a drug problem existed among the students, even though individual students were not suspected.
  • Epperson V. Arkansas: The Evolution-Creationism Debate

    Jonathan L. Thorndike

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, April 1, 1999)
    Examines the 1968 Supreme Court case which dealt with the question of whether teaching creationism rather than evolution in schools in Arkansas was acceptable
  • Establishing the Rights of the Accused: Miranda V. Arizona

    Don Rauf, Gail Blasser Riley

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Jan. 1, 2017)
    Discusses the Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court case, including how the constitutional right to a lawyer and against self-incrimination came to pass as well as its legacy.
  • Bush V. Gore: The Florida Recounts of the 2000 Presidential Election

    Christine Heppermann

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Aug. 1, 2012)
    Recounts the 2000 presidential election between Bush v. Gore that forever influenced laws on voting procedures, absentee ballots, ballot design, and voting equipment.