History of the United States

In Robinson v. California (Robinson v. Calfornia, 1962), the Eighth Amendment (cruel and unusual punishment), in Gideon v Wainwright (Gideon v

History of the United States

Supreme Court. Shortly after the passage of the 14th Amendment, a series of cases consolidated for consideration by the Supreme Court and identified as the Slaughter House Cases provided insight into the mindset of the Court (The Butcher's Benevolent Association of New Orleans v. The Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Company, 1873)

History of the United States

In the case of Weeks v. United States, the Supreme Court finally applied the protections of the Due Process Clause to the states when it ruled that the procedures used by the San Francisco police constituted an illegal search when they performed a warrantless search (Weeks v. United States, 1914)

The Untold History of the United States

The Untold History of the United States

A Brief History of the United States of America