First Amendment
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United States v. Cruikshank
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and weakened enforcement of federal Reconstruction policies.
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Rights, Commerce, and Reform
EraThe end of Reconstruction and the start of Industrialization led to a 50-year era where the Supreme Court addressed constitutional questions about rights, commerce, and reform.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Life StoryThe Boston native, Civil War soldier, and Associate Justice whose legal theories revolutionized modern understanding of the law.
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New York Times Company v. Sullivan
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that arose during the Civil Rights Movement and protected freedom of the press
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Griswold v. Connecticut
Significant CaseThe first Supreme Court case linking reproduction to the right to privacy.
