Backpack Search
Can School Officials search an Unattended Backpack? As you may know from the T.L.O. v. New Jersey decision, the Fourth Amendment applies to students in […]
Civil Liberties
Gideon’s Trumpet
A 1980 Docudrama based the Best-selling book. This clip from the 1980 movie depicts the Supreme Court oral arguments. Attorney Abe Fortas represented Gideon in […]
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Supreme Court Case. “If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you,” goes the famed Miranda warning. This wasn’t always the case. […]
Comparison Case: Church and State
A Cross in a Public Space? Nina Totenberg reported on this First Amendment controversy that came before the Supreme Court. It involves a large cross […]
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Supreme Court Case. A Wisconsin statute required parents of children aged 16 and under to send their children to a formal school. The Yoder parents […]