A people's history of the Supreme Court: the men and women whose cases and decisions have shaped our Constitution

Foreword / Howard Zinn --
Introduction : \"The genius of the Constitution\" --
Section 1 : \"To establish a more perfect union\" --
ch. 1. Morally sinful by the word of God --
ch. 2. The exigencies of the Union --
ch. 3. Dishonorable to the national character --
ch. 4. The supreme law of the land --
ch. 5. The country must finally decide --
ch. 6. The plot thickens fast --
ch. 7. The nauseous project of amendments --
Section 2 : \"It is a constitution we are expounding\" --
ch 8. The Court is now sitting --
ch. 9. To say what the law is --
ch. 10. These jarring and discordant judgments --
ch. 11. The good and the wise --
ch. 12. Great, good, and excellent man! --
Section 3 : \"Justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery\" --
ch. 13. A small, pleasant-looking Negro --
ch. 14. Beings of an inferior order --
ch. 15. Another explosion will soon come --
ch. 16. A higher law than the Constitution --
ch. 17. An evil eye and an unequal hand --
ch. 18. Our Constitution is color-blind --
Section 4 : \"Liberty in a social organization\" --
ch. 19. The spectre of socialism --
Munn v. Illinois (1877) --
Mugler v. Kansas (1877) --
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway v. Minnesota (1890) --
United States v. E.C. Knight Co. (1895) --
Pollock v. Farmers\' Loan Co. (1895) --
In re Debs (1895) Ch. 20. The work was light and healthful --
Allgeyer v. Louisiana (1897) --
Holden v. Hardy (1898) --
Lochner v. New York (1905) --
Muller v. Oregon (1908) --
Adkins v. Children\'s Hospital (1923) --
ch. 21. Falsely shouting fire in a theatre --
Schenck v. United States (1919) --
Debs v. United States (1919) --
Abrams v. United States (1919) --
ch. 22. Every idea is an incitement --
Gitlow v. New York (1925) --
Whitney v. California (1927) --
De Jonge v. Oregon (1937) --
Herndon v. Lowry (1937) --
ch. 23. The general welfare of the United States --
Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell (1934) --
Nebbia v. New York (1934) --
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935) --
United States v. Butler (1936) --
ch. 24. To save the Constitution from the Court --
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. (1936) --
Morehead v. Tipaldo (1936) --
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937) --
ch. 25. Hughes thundered out the decision --
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. (1937) --
Section 5 : \"Beyond the reach of majorities\" --
ch. 26. We live by symbols --
United STates v. Carolene Products Co. (1938) --
Minersville School Board v. Gobitis (1940) --
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) --
ch. 27. A Jap\'s a Jap --
Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) --
Korematsu v. United States (1944) --
Ex parte Endo (1944)\" --
ch. 28. My little soul is overjoyed --
Gaines v. Canada (1938) --
Sipuel v. Oklahoma Board of Regents (1948) --
Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) --
Sweatt v. Painter (1950) --
Dennis v. United States (1951) Ch. 29. Give me the colored doll --
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) --
ch. 30. War on the Constitution --
Brown v. Board of Education, cont. (1954) --
Cooper v. Aaron (1958) --
ch. 31. A better place because he lived --
Everson v. Board of Education (1947) --
McCollum v. Illinois (148) --
Engel v. Vitale (1962) --
Abington Township v. Schempp (1963) --
Lee v. Weisman (1992) --
Reynolds v. Sims (1964) --
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United STates (1964) --
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) --
United STates v. O\'Brien (1968) --
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) --
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) --
Section 6 : \"A right of personal privacy\" --
ch. 32. You\'ve been taking pure thalidomide --
Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942) --
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) --
ch. 33. The raw edges of Human existence --
Roe v. Wade (1973) --
ch. 34. Truly a Pandora\'s box --
Regents v. Bakke (1978) --
Bowers v. Hardwick (186) --
ch. 35. I fear for the future --
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989) --
Texas v. Johnson (1989) --
Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989) --
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) Section 7 : \"It is a cultural war\" --
ch. 36. One nation under God --
Board of Airport Commissioners v. Jews for Jesus (1987) --
Westside School District v. Mergens (1990) --
Center Moriches School District v. Lamb\'s Chapel (1993) --
Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995) --
Santa Fe School District v. Doe (2000) --
Elk Grove School District v. Newdow (2004) --
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky (2005) --
ch. 37. The values we share with a wider civilization --
Romer v. Evans 91996) --
Lawrence v. Texas (2003) --
Cruzan v. Missouri (1990) --
Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) --
Vacco v. Quill (1997) --
Stenberg v. Carhart (2000) --
ch. 38. A blank check for the President --
Bush v. Gore (2000) --
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) --
Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) --
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2005) --
Padilla v. Rumsfeld (2005) --
Rasul v. Bush (2005) --
Epilogue : \"One of us will have a pick\" --
United States Constitution --
The Justices of the Supreme Court --
Notes --
Sources for further reading --
Index.