At a school-supervised event, Joseph Frederick held up a banner with the message "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS." Principal Deborah Morse took away the banner and suspended Frederick for ten days. She justified her actions by citing the school's policy aga

Vaccination Mandates | Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)

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One of history's deadliest diseases, smallpox is estimated to have killed more than 300 million people since 1900. In May 1901, an outbreak of smallpox emerged, followed by a series of outbreaks in various neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts

Embezzled Funds | James v. United States (1961)

Oct 15th, 2021 46m 30s

Eugene C. James was a union official who, with another person, embezzled in excess of $738,000 during the years 1951 through 1954 from his employer union and from an insurance company with which the union was doing business. James failed to rep

Right to Remain Silent | Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

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On March 13, 1963, Ernesto Miranda was arrested in his house and brought to the police station where he was questioned by police officers in connection with a kidnapping and rape. After two hours of interrogation, the police obtained a written

The 2nd Amendment | District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)

Sep 30th, 2021 1h 14m

District of Columbia law bans handgun possession by making it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm and prohibiting the registration of handguns; provides separately that no person may carry an unlicensed handgun, but authorizes the police c

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