Law, politics, and culture evolve with the times. These stories show why.
1803 case established principle of judicial reviewChief Justice John Marshall issued famous ruling Quite a bit can happen during an outgoing president's lame duck period—those days between th...
FDR filled Supreme Court vacancy with liberal Alabaman who had been a member of Ku Klux KlanNomination unfolded in midst of "court-packing" controversyPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt had every reas...
1968 massacre at My Lai, Vietnam, led to controversial courts-martial of US soldiersWhat laws apply to warfare? How can they be enforced? A nation's rules of warfare—what are they? How are th...
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