11 Cases Everyone Should Know from the Warren Court

Brown, Bolling, Lee Optical, Cooper, Sherbert, Sullivan, Heart of Atlanta, McClung, Griswold, Loving, and O'Brien

Here is another preview of the 11-hour video library from our new book, An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know. This post will focus on cases from the Warren Court.

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Bolling v. Sharpe (1954)

Williamson v. Lee Optical (1955)

 

Cooper v. Aaron (1958)

Sherbert v. Verner (1963)

New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S. (1964)

Katzenbach v. McClung (1964)

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

U.S. v. O'Brien (1968)

You can also download the E-Book or stream the videos.

Comments

[Dilan Esper]

No Gideon? Mapp? Miranda?

If I were a criminal defendant, I'd charge discrimination!!! Criminal defendants aren't getting any love here!

[TwelveInchPianist]

Meh. Did any of those cases really do anything?

"The defendant isn't entitled to a lawyer dog, whatever that is."

[Bob from Ohio]

Pre-Gideon: 99% conviction rate, most with "I plead guilty"
Post-Gideon: 99% conviction rate but now most include "My client pleads guilty"

[DodgerBobH]

Assuming that is an accurate summary of the pre- and post-Gideon world, it is still possible, at least, that appointed lawyers are, in some cases, preventing cases from even getting to the point where a plea is necessary.

Having a lawyer in the interview room helps, I'd think.

[Dan Schiavetta]

Good luck, Bob, if you ever get into the real world and find yourself in jail without a lawyer.

[santamonica811]

I'm a bit puzzled. Are these 90-second videos all that there is for each case? Or is there an actual in-depth video discussion of each case somewhere online?

(Or, are the videos all super-short, and the book is where one would go for a substantive overview?)