Adkins v. Children’s Hospital
Political Cartoon: "This decision affirms your constitutional right to starve." The Taft Court (1923-1925). Seated, from left to right: Justices Willis Van Devanter, Joseph McKenna, Chief Justice...
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Robert Meyer The Taft Court (1923-1925). Seated, from left to right: Justices Willis Van Devanter, Joseph McKenna, Chief Justice William Howard Taft, and Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and James...
View ArticlePierce v. Society of Sisters
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary The Taft Court (1925-1930). Seated, from left to right: Justices James C. McReynolds, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Chief Justice William Howard Taft, and...
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Benjamin Gitlow Gitlow distributed literature for the Communist Party of the United States The Court “assume[d] that freedom of speech and of the press—which are protected by the First Amendment from...
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Carrie and Emma Buck The Taft Court (1925-1930). Seated, from left to right: Justices James C. McReynolds, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Chief Justice William Howard Taft, and Justices Willis Van...
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