Famous Constitutional Cases: Selected Links

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health (1990)
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
F.C.C. v. Pacifica (1978)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
R.A.V. v. St. Paul (1992)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith (1990)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)

 




Dred Scott v. Sandford

University of Groningen American Studies Site
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1826-1850/dred-scott-case/

Abraham Lincoln on Dred Scott
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/speech-on-the-dred-scott-decision/

The Missouri Compromise
http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise



Plessy v. Ferguson

synopsis with videos and speeches
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson

African American History site
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/post-civilwar/plessy.html



Brown v. Board of Education

National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/brvb/

Thurgood Marshall
http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/home.htm

Issue: Racial Segregation in Public Schools
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/brown.htm



Roe v. Wade

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_18

CNN 25th Anniversary  Report
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/21/mccorvey.interview/

Prolife.org
http://www.prolife.org

National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/?referrer=http://www.naral.org/home.html



Griswold v. Connecticut

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_496

Estelle Griswold
http://www.cwhf.org/inductees/reformers/estelle-griswold/#.VfgwvhFVhBc

Griswold v. Connecticut
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_griswold.html



Furman v. Georgia

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_69_5003/

Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org/

Texas Tech Law Review article
http://www.law.ttu.edu/lawrev/volume29/book4/boettcher.htm

The Death Penalty in America
http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/forum/25/4winter2009/f_death-alaska.html

The Federalist Society
http://www.fed-soc.org/


Bowers v. Hardwick

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1985/1985_85_140

Romer v. Evans
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/94-1039.ZD.html

Law Review Article 1
http://metalab.unc.edu/gaylaw/issue4/fajer.html

Law Review Article 2
http://metalab.unc.edu/gaylaw/issue6/sylla.htm



Marbury v. Madison

1800-1810 American Timeline
http://history1800s.about.com/od/timelines/a/1800-10timeline.htm

John Marshall - Definer of a Nation
http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/27/specials/smith-marshall.html

1803 Petition, Debate & Vote of Wm. Marbury & Others from Annals of Congress (pages 34-50)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac2&fileName=012/llac012.db&recNum=14



Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_88_1503

Issues in Ethics
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v4n2/

What Cruzan Means to the Practicing Physician
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2025139



New York Times v. Sullivan

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1963/1963_39

ABA Concept Paper on Media Law
http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/directories/roli/kazakhstan/kazahstan-media-law-analysis.authcheckdam.pdf

50 years after New York Times v. Sullivan, do courts still value journalists' watchdog role
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/50_years_after_new_york_times_v._sullivan_do_courts_still_value_journalists

Image of "Heed Their Rising Voices" Advertisement
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/documented-rights/exhibit/section4/detail/heed-rising-voices.html



Texas v. Johnson

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_88_155

The Flag Burning Page
http://www.esquilax.com/flag/

The Citizens Flag Alliance
http://www.citizensflagalliance.org/

Subcommittee Hearing on H.J. Res. 54
http://www.house.gov/judiciary/22268.htm

Brief for Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellee
https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/aclu-amicus-brief-texas-v-united-states



R.A.V. v. St. Paul

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_90_7675

Center for Individual Rights
https://www.cir-usa.org/

Cases Won by Center for Individual Rights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/affirm/stories/aa022098.htm



Tinker v. Des Moines

Proposed Guidelines for Student Religious Speech and Observance in Public Schools
http://www2.law.mercer.edu/lawreview/getfile.cfm?file=46301.pdf

First Amendment spirit fighting to survive in schools
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/first-amendment-spirit-fighting-to-survive-in-schools

Tinker Fraser & Hazelwood
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/commentary/palmerionadreg.htm



F.C.C. v. Pacifica

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_528

Cato Paper
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-035.html

Still at it (w/"7 Dirty Words" opinion and monologue as transcribed by the FCC)
http://www.georgecarlin.com/



University of California v. Bakke

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_811

Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education Since Bakke
https://legal.maricopa.edu/department-publications/race-and-ethnicity-in-higher-education-since-bakke

Proposition 209
http://ballotpedia.org/California_Affirmative_Action,_Proposition_209_(1996)



Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith

Oral Argument Audio File
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_88_1213

Religious Freedom vs. Compelling State Interests
http://moses.creighton.edu/csrs/news/s98-1.html

American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~rfrey/329AIRFA.htm

Supreme Court Rejects Religious Freedom Restoration Act
http://www.civilrights.org/monitor/vol9_no2_3/art6.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

The Bill of Rights: A Casualty of the War on Drugs?
http://www.cjpf.org/BILLOFRI.html


Korematsu v. United States

Overview
http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/constitutional-law/constitutional-law-keyed-to-stone/equality-and-the-constitution/korematsu-v-united-states-2/

Executive Order 9066
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5154

Japanese Internment links
http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html


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