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.
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
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.
Examines the 1968 Supreme Court case which dealt with the question of whether teaching creationism rather than evolution in schools in Arkansas was acceptable
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.
Recounts the 2000 presidential election between Bush v. Gore that forever influenced laws on voting procedures, absentee ballots, ballot design, and voting equipment.