C-SPAN Series: Historic Supreme Court Cases

Although the Supreme Court still does not allow cameras in its courtroom, this year the First Monday in October brings a TV series from C-SPAN and the National Constitution Center exploring "the personalities, people, and constitutional dramas" of twelve famous cases.



Landmark Cases: Historic Supreme Court Decisions will run live on C-SPAN Monday evenings (9 pm ET is 6 pm here), Oct. 5 to Dec. 21. "A video-rich website will offer the series on-demand along with classroom materials."

The cases:

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)
• Scott v. Sandford (1857)
• The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)
• Lochner v. New York (1905)
• Schenck v. United States (1919)
• Korematsu v. United States (1944)
• Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
• Brown v. Board of Education(1954)
• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
• Baker v. Carr (1962)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
• Roe v. Wade (1973)