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A place in time -- "Lies, lies, lies" -- Trial by jury -- "Let 'em see the dogs work" -- The road to the Alabama Supreme Court -- A new game plan -- Briefing the court -- "May it please the court" -- "Uninhibited, robust, and wide-open

Here are the landmark decisions that have shaped American life, described by some of America's most eminent legal scholars. The new edition contains more than 450 entries on major cases, including 53 new entries on the latest landmark rulings. This outstanding guide serves as an excellent introduction to the work of the Court from the late eighteenth century to the present day.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Introduction -- Volume Introduction -- Civil Liberties and the American Supreme Court -- History, Tradition, the Supreme Court, and the First Amendment -- Introduction -- I. The Growth in the Use of History -- II. Why the Emphasis on History? -- III. What Is Wrong with the Emphasis on History? -- A. The Supreme Court's Use of History Is Often Selective and Biased -- B. History Cannot Provide the Desired Constraint -- C. The Court's Reliance on History Confuses Normative and Descriptive Issues -- Conclusion -- The First Amendment: A Comparison of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Supreme Court Interpretations -- The Constitutional Context -- Qualifications for Holding Office -- The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 -- Nineteenth Century Court Decisions -- The Dartmouth Case -- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States -- Subsequent Decisions -- Twentieth Century Turnarounds -- FOOTNOTES -- Skokie Revisited: Hate Group Speech and the First Amendment -- I. The NSPA and the Skokie Case -- A. The NSPA's Motives and Actions -- B. The Impact on the Survivors -- C. The Legal Decisions -- II. Normative and Constitutional Analysis -- A. Skokie and Other Harmful Cases -- B. The Kantian Principle of Ultimate Ends and the Principle of Direct Harm -- C. Cases -- III. Skokie, Content Neutrality, and Related First Amendment Jurisprudence -- A. Libel and Privacy Cases -- B. Commercial Speech and Solicitation -- C. The Tort of Emotional Assault and Racial Insults -- D. Other Cases Concerning Substantive Justice and the Ends of the First Amendment -- IV. Conclusion: A Proposal for a New Approach To Racial Vilification -- A. Assaultive Content -- B. Intent -- C. Targeting -- D. The Proposed Test -- E. Targeting, Intent, and the Context of Expression -- The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade -- I