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Mr.Beat Connects the Supreme Court History Right to You!
#1 Best Seller in Courts & Law
Mr. Beat's The Power of Our Supreme Court is the Supreme Court book of decisions that affect the everyday lives of Americans everywhere.
The real democracy of America unveiled. What does the Supreme Court do? Sure, people care when the court makes a big ruling, but most don't pay attention to the court's day-to-day decisions. In this highly relevant law book, Mr. Beat takes you on a journey through our Supreme Court system, what it is, who is in it and how they got to be there, while foreshadowing how it shapes our very future.
A tour of the most influential cases in history. Inspired by Mr. Beat's court series, The Power of Our Supreme Court walks through many Supreme Court history cases from landmark cases to the more obscure. Matt Beat explains how each case affects us to this day in a way that is engaging, applicable, and easy to understand, even for beginners.
Inside, you'll find:
- Detailed explanations of the Supreme Court, how it works, and how it affects you
- A Supreme Court cases book perfect for anyone interested in social science, political science, activism, law, or current events
- Interesting visuals, charts, and graphs to help contextualize and breakdown the historical significance of big and small cases
If you like courtroom books, legal books for lawyers, or books on politics like The Shadow Docket, How Civil Wars Start, The Color of Law, or The Flip Side of History, you'll love Mr. Beat's The Power of Our Supreme Court.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Why I Wrote This Stuff
- What the Heck Is the Supreme Court?
- Who Makes Up the Supreme Court?
- A Brief History of the Supreme Court of the United States
- How I Came Up with a Hundred Supreme Court Cases You Should Know About
- 1. Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)
- 2. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- 3. Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
- 4. Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee (1816)
- 5. Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)
- 6. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
- 7. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
- 8. Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
- 9. Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
- 10. United States v. The Amistad (1841)
- 11. The Dred Scott Decision (1857)
- 12. Ex parte Milligan (1866)
- 13. Texas v. White (1869)
- 14. The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)
- 15. Munn v. Illinois (1876)
- 16. Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)
- 17. The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
- 18. United States v. E.C. Knight Co. (1895)
- 19. Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. (1895)
- 20. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
- 21. Holden v. Hardy (1898)
- 22. United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)
- 23. The Insular Cases (1901)
- 24. Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)
- 25. Lochner v. New York (1905)
- 26. Bailey v. Alabama (1911)
- 27. Schenck v. United States (1919)
- 28. Gitlow v. New York (1925)
- 29. Buck v. Bell (1927)
- 30. Near v. Minnesota (1931)
- 31. The Scottsboro Boys Cases (1932)
- 32. A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1935)
- 33. United States v. Butler (1936)
- 34. West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937)
- 35. United States v. Miller (1939)
- 36. United States v. Darby Lumber Co. (1941)
- 37. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
- 38. Smith v. Allwright (1944)
- 39. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
- 40. United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948)
- 41. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- 42. Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
- 43. Baker v. Carr (1962)
- 44. Engel v. Vitale (1962)
- 45. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
- 46. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
- 47. Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
- 48. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
- 49. Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
- 50. In re Gault (1967)
- 51. Loving v. Virginia (1967)
- 52. Katz v. United States (1967)
- 53. Terry v. Ohio (1968)
- 54. Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
- 55. Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
- 56. Swann v. Charlotte- Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)
- 57. Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
- 58. The Pentagon Papers Case (1971)
- 59. Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
- 60. Roe v. Wade (1973)
- 61. Miller v. California (1973)
- 62. United States v. Nixon (1974)
- 63. Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
- 64. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
- 65. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
- 66. Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. (1984)
- 67. New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
- 68. Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
- 69. Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)
- 70. Graham v. Connor (1989)
- 71. Texas v. Johnson (1989)
- 72. Shaw v. Reno (1993)
- 73. United States v. Lopez (1995)
- 74. US Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995)
- 75. Bush v. Gore (2000)
- 76. Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
- 77. Crawford v. Washington (2004)
- 78. Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
- 79. Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
- 80. Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005)
- 81. Morse v. Frederick (2007)
- 82. DC v. Heller (2008)
- 83. Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
- 84. McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
- 85. Snyder v. Phelps (2011)
- 86. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011)
- 87. Maryland v. King (2013)
- 88. Salinas v. Texas (2013)
- 89. Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
- 90. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
- 91. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
- 92. Murphy v. NCAA (2018)
- 93. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)
- 94. Carpenter v. United States (2018)
- 95. Bostock v. Clayton County (2020)
- 96. McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020)
- 97. Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (2021)
- 98. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)
- 99. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022)
- 100. West Virginia v. EPA (2022)
- Why the Supreme Court Matters Today
- The Future of the Court
- About the Author