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Protection or Peril: The Supreme Court and Gun Control (Friday 28 March 2008)
On March 18, 2008, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in District of Columbia v. Heller on the issue of whether the Second Amendment supports an individual's right to bear arms.
When Race Affects Tips, Do Employees Have Recourse? (Tuesday 15 April 2008)
A study suggests that restaurant servers receive substantially different tips depending on their race.
COMMENTARY: Marriage Rights and the Myth of Activist Judges (Wednesday 18 June 2008)
The California Supreme Court has granted same-sex couples the right to marry, restarting debates on privacy, family and civil rights as well as ''activist judges.''
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life: Crackdown on Pants Sagging Abuses Authority and Violates Civil Rights (Tuesday 29 July 2008)
The Flint, Mich., police chief outlawed pants worn low to expose the buttocks, but his enforcement has been neither consistent nor constitutional.
The Penalty for Fatness: Obesity Discrimination and the Traditional Civil Rights Approach (Tuesday 26 August 2008)
A successful case could be made against obesity discrimination in the workplace, in education or in financial matters via either the Civil Rights Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act.
COMMENTARY: Women’s Right to Contraception and Pharmacists’ Religious Freedoms Must Be Protected (Wednesday 27 August 2008)
Pharmacists' right to refuse a woman's access to contraception is not a matter of simple religious or moral freedom. It sometimes infringes upon a woman's control of her body.
Civil Rights Laws & Human Rights Laws
Information about civil and human rights laws.
First Amendment Rights
The First Amendment protects the rights to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference.
14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause
Constitutional Right to Privacy
The right to privacy has evolved to protect the freedom of individuals to choose whether to perform certain acts or subject themselves to certain experiences. This personal autonomy has grown into a liberty protected by the due-process clause of the 14th Amendment.
Housing discrimination (Friday 28 March 2008)
What to do if you suspect housing discrimination
May 18, 1896: The Supreme Court established the Separate but Equal Doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson (Friday 9 May 2008)
The Supreme Court rules in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, upholding a Louisiana law that legalized racial segregation.
May 3, 1948: The Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to minorities are unenforceable (Thursday 1 May 2008)
The Supreme Court rules that restrictive covenants in real estate are unenforceable.
May 14, 1961: Segregationists firebomb a Freedom Riders bus in Alabama (Friday 9 May 2008)
''Freedom Riders'' from the Congress of Racial Equality are firebombed and attacked in Alabama.
May 10, 1990: China releases Tiananmen Square Protesters (Friday 9 May 2008)
Over 200 people arrested during the Tiananmen Square protest in China are released.
June 3, 1940: The Supreme Court rules that public schools may compel a flag salute (Tuesday 29 May 2007)
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
May 20, 1996: The Supreme Court decides Romer v Evans, striking down a Colorado amendment which prohibits any lesbian or gay civil rights protections. (Friday 9 May 2008)
The Supreme Court makes a landmark decision for gay and lesbian civil rights.
June 5, 1939: The Supreme Court rules that the First Amendment protects a worker’s right to organize (Tuesday 29 May 2007)
The Supreme Court rules int he case of Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization.
June 7, 1965: Griswold v. Connecticut ruling legalizes the use of contraception by married couples (Wednesday 6 June 2007)
Supreme Court ruling legalizes the use of contraception.
June 13, 1966: A Supreme Court ruling creates the Miranda rights (Monday 11 June 2007)
Miranda rights are created
June 14, 1943: The Supreme Court rules that the First Amendment protects students from pledging allegiance (Tuesday 12 June 2007)
Supreme Court ruling protects students from being forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
June 17, 1963: The Supreme Court finds school-sponsored Bible readings unconstitutional (Thursday 14 June 2007)
The Supreme Court rules in Abington Township School District v. Schempp.
June 18, 1873: Susan B. Anthony is fined for voting in the 1872 presidential election (Friday 15 June 2007)
Susan B. Anthony is fined for voting in the 1872 presidential election
June 21, 1989: The Supreme Court rules that burning the U.S. flag is protected (Wednesday 20 June 2007)
Flag burning protected under the First Amendment
June 22, 1964: The Supreme Court establishes the right to an attorney during interrogation (Thursday 21 June 2007)
The right to an attorney during interrogation in established.
May 23, 1955: The Supreme Court rules that silence can invoke Fifth Amendment protection (Tuesday 20 May 2008)
Emspak v. United States establishes that silence can invoke Fifth Amendment protection.
May 8, 1973: A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and American Indian Movement members at Wounded Knee, S.D., ends (Thursday 1 May 2008)
Standoff ends between federal authorities and American Indian Movement
May 17, 1954: The Supreme Court unanimously overules the Seperate but Equall Doctrine in Brown v. Board of Education (Friday 9 May 2008)
The Supreme Court rules in the case of Brown v. Board of education.
Nov. 13, 1956: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a ruling against racial segregation on Alabama’s public buses (Wednesday 7 November 2007)
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a ruling against racial segregation on Alabama’s public buses.
May 22, 2002: A jury convicts Bobby Frank Cherry of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of 1963 (Tuesday 20 May 2008)
Bobby Frank Cherry found guilty of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
April 27, 1950: South Africa passes Group Areas Act, formally segregating races and beginning era of apartheid (Monday 21 April 2008)
Apartheid begins in South Africa with the Group Areas act.
April 29, 1992: Riots break out in Los Angeles when police officers charged with using excessive force in beating of Rodney King are acquitted. (Monday 21 April 2008)
Rodney King verdict ignites Los Angeles riots.
