Take a deep dive into the fascinating legal battles that have defined the rights and freedoms of Americans throughout history.
Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson
- 02: The Trial of John Peter Zenger
- 03: Two Slave Trials
- 04: The Trial of John Brown
- 05: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony
- 06: The Trial of the Haymarket Eight
- 07: The Trial of John T. Scopes
- 08: The Sweet Trials, Race, and Self-Defense
- 09: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Flag-Salute Cases
- 10: Korematsu v. United States
- 11: Segregation on Trial
- 12: The Lenny Bruce Trials
- 13: The Evolving Right to Marry
- 14: Wisconsin v. Yoder
- 15: Furman v. Georgia
- 16: The Trial of Daniel Ellsberg
- 17: The Road to Roe v. Wade
- 18: The Right to an Intimate Life
- 19: The Ruby Ridge Trial
- 20: The Trials of Jack Kevorkian
- 21: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
- 22: Kelo v. City of New London
- 23: The Citizens United Case
- 24: Liberty for Nonhumans?
Taught by
Douglas O. Linder
