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The Supreme Court

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ch01s02 marshall-steps

ch01s03 taking-control

ch01s04 empowering-national-government

ch02s01 warren-court

ch02s02 court-divided

ch02s03 desegregating-schools

ch02s04 mandating-criminal-rights

ch02s05 focusing-personal-rights

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ch03s01 burger-court

ch03s02 political-firestorm-that-fizzled

ch03s03 dethroning-president

ch03s04 starting-abortion-debate

ch03s05 activism-takes-over-court

ch04s01 ebbs-flows-court-leadership

ch04s02 taney-court-1837-to-1864

ch04s03 chase-court-1864-to-1873

ch04s04 waite-court-1874-to-1888

ch04s05 fuller-court-1888-to-1910

ch04s06 white-court-1910-to-1921

ch04s07 taft-court-1921-to-1930

ch04s08 hughes-court-1930-to-1941

ch04s09 stone-court-1941-to-1946

ch04s10 vinson-court-1946-to-1953

ch05s01 great-minds-court

ch05s02 joseph-story-1811-1845

ch05s03 oliver-wendell-holmes-1902-1932

ch05s04 louis-brandeis-1916-1939

ch05s05 benjamin-cardozo-1932-1938

ch05s06 hugo-black-1937-1971

ch06s01 electing-leaders

ch06s02 election-machinery-that-works

ch06s03 remapping-districts

ch06s04 paying-for-campaigns

ch06s05 getting-word-out

ch06s06 switching-parties

ch07s01 taxing-populace

ch07s02 taxes-employees-tip-income

ch07s03 gambling-taxes-collected-at-indian-reservations

ch07s04 sales-taxes-mail-orders

ch08s01 deciding-property-rights

ch08s02 protecting-land-home

ch08s03 saving-wetlands

ch08s04 protecting-patents-copyrights-trademarks

ch08s05 trademark-for-sex-shop

ch09s01 educating-kids

ch09s02 punishing-students

ch09s03 testing-for-drugs

ch09s04 dealing-with-sexual-harassment

ch09s05 legalizing-school-vouchers

ch10s01 separating-government-powers

ch10s02 whos-control-the-states-or-federal-government

ch10s03 killing-gun-control

ch10s04 supporting-family-leave

ch10s05 accepting-homosexuality

ch11s01 controlling-bodies

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ch11s04 using-marijuana

ch11s05 forcing-drug-tests

ch12s01 keeping-things-equal

ch12s02 saying-yes-to-affirmative-action-sometimes

ch12s03 unconstitutional-undergraduate-admissions-policy-gratz-v-bollinger

ch12s04 which-one-wins-states-rights-ada

ch12s05 determining-who-disabled-under-ada

ch13s01 fighting-for-freedoms

ch13s02 using-illegal-communication

ch13s03 protecting-pornography

ch13s04 preventing-children-from-accessing-pornography-internet

ch13s05 allowing-cross-burning

ch14s01 protecting-privacy

ch14s02 making-house-media-circus

ch14s03 testing-politicians-for-drugs

ch15s01 collecting-evidence

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ch15s03 using-right-to-knock

ch15s04 finding-marijuana-with-thermal-imaging-devices

ch15s05 getting-searched-bus

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ch16s02 limiting-forced-medication

ch16s03 confessing-illegally

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ch17s03 must-jury-decide-death-penalty

ch17s04 penalties-required-third-strike-laws-too-cruel

Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Supreme Court © 2004 by Lita Epstein, J.D.. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

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