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The History of Gerrymandering: US Politicians’ Favorite Election Loophole

by Sean E. Cunningham9/14/20229/7/2022

Founding Father Elbridge Gerry was irritated by direct voting and lent his name to America’s favorite way to undermine it.

The History of Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court

by Daniel B. Moskowitz9/7/20229/7/2022

The removal of the Cherokee Native Americans to the West in 1838. Oil on canvas, 1942, by Robert Lindneux.

The Supreme Court Case That Decided Indian Sovereignty

by Daniel B. Moskowitz9/6/20229/6/2022

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health

by HistoryNet Staff6/27/20229/2/2022

The History of Roe v. Wade and Abortion Laws in the US

by Sean Cunningham6/20/20224/2/2024

Does the Supreme Court Have to Have 9 Justices?

by Sean Cunningham6/20/20226/21/2022

The History of Gun Control and the Second Amendment

by Daniel B. Moskowitz6/16/20226/24/2022

Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Baker v. Carr (from left) Hobart Atkins, Harris Gilbert, Z.T. Osborn Jr., Warren Chandler, and C.R. McClain in May 1962. The case, brought by Millington, Tenn., Mayor Charles W. Baker and other organizations against Tennessee Secretary of State Joe C. Carr, had profound implications for state legislature apportionment.

The Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision So Profound That One Justice Had a Nervous Breakdown

by Daniel B. Moskowitz12/10/202112/8/2021

The Supreme Court Decision That Changed America: Brown v. Board of Education

by Daniel B. Moskowitz3/16/20213/15/2021

SCOTUS Ruling that Corporations are ‘Citizens,’ Opens Up Courts To Business Lawsuits

by By Danie B. Moskowitz12/16/20201/11/2021