26th Amendment Ratified: Right to Vote at Age 18
The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution bars the federal government, as well as all state and local governments, from using age as a justification …
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Epperson v. Arkansas: The U.S. Supreme Court Ruled that a Law Prohibiting the Teaching of Evolution in Tax-Supported Schools is Unconstitutional
The evolution controversy did not come before the U.S. Supreme Court until Epperson v. Arkansas,[39] a 1968 challenge to the constitutionality of an Arkansas statute …
Murray v. Curlett Ruling: School Prayer Removed from School by Supreme Court
Madalyn Murray O’Hair, a militant left wing atheist with close ties to the American Communist Party, took the school board of Baltimore to court for …
Abington Township School District v. Schempp “Bible Reading in School” Ruled Unconstitutional by Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania school system complied with a state law requiring that ten verses of scripture be read every day. The readings were without interpretation, comment …
Torcaso v. Watkins: The Supreme Court Ruled it Unconstitutional for a Person Seeking Public Office to Have to Declare Their Belief in the Existence of God
In A.D. 1961, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Torcaso v Watkins. The case hinged on the right of a man who …
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren Delivered the Unanimous Ruling Ending the Plessy v. Ferguson “Separate But Equal” Ruling
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned …
Truman Authorizes the Seizure of United States Steel Mills
On June 24, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations Council called on all U.N. members to help repel the invasion. Under his …
The 22nd Amendment is Ratified
The 22nd amendment to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person is eligible for election to the office of President of the United …
Everson v. Board of Education: Landmark SCOTUS Decision Applying the Establishment Clause in the Bill of Rights to State Law Effecting the Separation of Church and State
Everson v. Board of Education, was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which applied the Establishment Clause in the country’s Bill of Rights to State law effecting a separation of Church …
Helvering v. Davis Upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court Eviscerating the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution
Helvering v. Davis, 301 U.S. 619 (1937), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that Social Security was constitutionally permissible as an …