trials, litigation, etc

Chronicles the U.S. Supreme Court case that set free the African slaves who revolted on the Spanish ship "Amistad" and drifted into American waters in 1839.

Primary sources help chronicle the events surrounding the Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade and the impact their decision had on American society.

Presents an account of the case of Plessy v. Ferguson in which the Supreme Court upheld the Louisiana law allowing for racial segregation in public facilities; looks at the social environment of the late nineteenth-century at the time the case was brought; and discusses the aftermath of the ruling.

A brief review of the Miranda versus Arizona case, its hearing before the United States Supreme Court, and its implications for defendants rights.

Presents an account of Cruzan v. Missouri, a 1989 Supreme Court case in which the family of Nancy Cruzan, in a persistent vegetative state after an automobile accident, asked that her feeding tube be removed and she be allowed to die; and discusses the right to die movement and some consequences of the case.

Describes the people involved on both sides of the famous Supreme Court case, regarding whether or not slaves had rights as citizens of the United States.

Examines the people, events, and legal questions connected to the Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion.

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.

Examines the ideas and the arguments of the people behind the decision that would ban prayer from public schools.

Explores the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and others by members of the "Manson Family, " the subsequent investigation and trials, and the strange hold Charles Manson continues to have over people.