An analysis of the U.S. Bill of Rights, with information on how it was created and how it has evolved, with examples of major Supreme Court decisions related to it.
Bicycles and baseball meet the Knights of the Round Table in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. In Mark Twain’s brilliant satire on the Victorian sentimental obsession with All Things Medieval, Hank Morgan, a practical Connecticut Yankee, travels in time to Camelot—thanks to a blow to his head—and turns 6th-century England into a parody of 19th-century industrial America. As “Sir Boss,” Morgan introduces newspapers, electricity, and, in the end, modern warfare.
A classic tale involving a miller’s daughter who supposedly can spin straw into gold, a crafty little man by the name of Rumpelstiltskin who asks for too much reward and a wise court jester which saves the day.
For more than two centuries, the Supreme Court has exerted extraordinary influence over the way we Americans live our daily lives.
The Court has defined the limits of our speech and actions since its first meeting in 1790, adding to our history books names such as John Marshall, Louis Brandeis, Hugo Black, Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, and many others.
Have you ever wondered what goes into shaping the Court's decisions—or the beliefs of its justices?
TTC - History of the Supreme Court
