Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom

Take a deep dive into the fascinating legal battles that have defined the rights and freedoms of Americans throughout history.

• By This Professor
• 01: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson
• 02: The Trial of John Peter Zenger
• 03: Two Slave Trials
• 04: The Trial of John Brown
• 05: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony
• 06: The Trial of the Haymarket Eight
• 07: The Trial of John T. Scopes
• 08: The Sweet Trials, Race, and Self-Defense
• 09: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Flag-Salute Cases
• 10: Korematsu v. United States
• 11: Segregation on Trial
• 12: The Lenny Bruce Trials
• 13: The Evolving Right to Marry
• 14: Wisconsin v. Yoder
• 15: Furman v. Georgia
• 16: The Trial of Daniel Ellsberg
• 17: The Road to Roe v. Wade
• 18: The Right to an Intimate Life
• 19: The Ruby Ridge Trial
• 20: The Trials of Jack Kevorkian
• 21: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
• 22: Kelo v. City of New London
• 23: The Citizens United Case
• 24: Liberty for Nonhumans?