25 episodes
Landmark Cases C-SPAN
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4.6 • 86 Ratings
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Explore the issues, people, and places involved in some of the most significant Supreme Court cases. This twelve episode series was produced in conjunction with the National Constitution Center.
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Supreme Court Landmark Case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
C-SPAN's 2018 series Landmark Cases explores the case of a medical school applicant who claimed he was rejected in favor of less qualified minority applicants. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of affirmative action while rejecting the university’s quotas.
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Supreme Court Landmark Case Gregg v. Georgia
C-SPAN's 2018 series Landmark Cases explores the story of Troy Leon Gregg, a convicted armed robber and murderer who challenged his death sentence. The Supreme Court ruled against him in Gregg v. Georgia, but established guidelines for states using the death penalty.
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Supreme Court Landmark Case New York Times v. United States
C-SPAN's 2018 series Landmark Cases explores how The New York Times and Washington Post successfully challenged the Nixon Administration for the right to publish what came to be known as the "Pentagon Papers," a classified history of U.S. military activity in Vietnam.
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Supreme Court Landmark Case Tinker v. Des Moines
C-SPAN's 2018 series Landmark Cases tells the story of five Des Moines, Iowa, students who wore black arm bands to school to protest the war in Vietnam, violating local school policies. The Supreme Court ruled students do not lose their 1st Amendment rights at school.
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Customer Reviews
Informative
Regardless of your political views, this program hits the mark. You don’t have to agree with the decision of the court, and CSPAN manages (usually) to get a number of different expert points of view for consideration. The important part of this program for me is that CSPAN gives you the full story of the case and its history - the parties to the case, the members of the court, and the political situation of the time, in order to put the decision of the court in context. So, it’s not about getting you to agree or disagree. It’s ability being informed. Well done CSPAN.
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