Supreme Court milestones
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Roe v. Wade: a woman's choice
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The Bakke case: challenging affirmative action
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Engel v. Vitale: prayer in the schools
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Miranda law: the right to remain silent
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United States v. Amistad: slave ship mutiny
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Vernonia School District v. Acton: drug testing in the schools
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Gideon v. Wainwright: the right to free counsel
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Reno v. ACLU: Internet censorship
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Furman v. Georgia: debating the death penalty
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Loving v. Virginia: lifting the ban against interracial marriage
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Plessy v. Ferguson: separate but unequal
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U.S. v. Eichman: flag-burning and free speech
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In June 1972 a group of men were caught breaking into national offices of the Democratic Party, located in the Watergate complex. Almost at once it had become clear that the burglars had close ties to President Nixon, a Republican running for reelection. The burglars were being prosecuted on criminal charges for the break-in, but investigators wanted to determine whether the president had known about the break-in, or possibly even ordered it. Nixon...
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Worcester v. Georgia: Native American rights
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Roberts v. Jaycees: women's rights
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