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Key Constitutional Concepts

This documentary begins by introducing the Constitution and why it was created.

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Lemon V. Kurtzman

Leah Farish

Discusses the details and the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Lemon v. Kurtzman, which was about the use of public funds in connection with religion.

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Loving V. Virginia

Karen Alonso

Explores the Supreme Court case that challenged and eventually overturned Virginia's law forbidding interracial marriages.

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Ferrell V. Dallas I.s.d.

Karen L. Trespacz

Discusses the case in which three students in the Dallas Independent School District were suspended from school in 1966 because of their hairstyles.

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Epperson V. Arkansas

Jonathan L. Thorndike

Examines the 1968 Supreme Court case which dealt with the question of whether teaching creationism rather than evolution in schools in Arkansas was acceptable.

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Gibbons V. Ogden

Isabel Simone Levinson

Describes the Supreme Court case concerning the steamboat monopoly between New York State and New Jersey, which established the right of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.

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Cruzan V. Missouri

Bryna J. Fireside

Examines the 1989 Supreme Court case that dealt with whether the family of Nancy Cruzan had a right to remove a feeding and hydration tube from her body.

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Weeks V. United States

Bonnie Pettifor

Examines the case of Weeks v. United States, in which a Kansas City man claimed the police unlawfully searched his home.

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Lau V. Nichols

Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

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The Gault Case

Thomas J. Billitteri

Examines the 1967 Supreme Court Case in which the court ruled that juvenile courts cannot deprive children of certain rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

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