Contributor
Winters, Robert, 1963-
Imprint:Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2008.
Description182 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:"Contentious issues such as the death penalty, civil liberties, and reproductive rights touch on people's deeply held beliefs. Greenhaven Press's Issues on Trial series captures the passion and depth of those debates, examining how the courts have helped to shape each issue through their rulings. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and includes primary sources like the text of court rulings and dissenting opinions, as well as secondary sources such as analyses and views of the rulings. Offering both historical and contemporary material . . ."--Back cover
Note:Includes some primary source material.
Note:The Court's decision: separate is inherently unequal / Earl Warren -- A segregationist view of the Brown Decision / Tom P. Brady -- The Brown decision was morally correct but methodologically wrong / Edward Whelen -- The promise of Brown remains largely unfulfilled / Jonathan Kozol -- The Court's decision: school-sponsored prayers violate the separation of church and state / Hugo Black -- Dissenting opinion: Voluntary prayer in the schools should be permissible / Potter Stewart -- The Court is wrong to ban prayer and other religious expression in schools / Laurel MacLeod -- Schools must remain strictly neutral in matters of religion / Annie Laurie Gaylor -- The Court's decision: Students do have free speech and other basic rights / Abe Fortas -- Dissenting opinion: Students are in school to learn, not to teach / Hugo Black -- Tinker remains as vital as ever / David Hudson -- The Court should take advantage of a new case to overturn Tinker / Daniel Henninger -- The impact of student blogs on student rights / Elizabeth Kirby, Brenda Kaillio -- The Court's decision: Intelligent design cannot be taught as science / John E. Jones III -- Intelligent design is good science / John H. Calvert -- Intelligent design is not even bad science / Richard Dawkins, Jerry Coyne -- Teaching intelligent design is not teaching religion / Albert Altschuler -- The decision was correct but intelligent design may be discussed in other ways / Benjamin Dowling-Sendor.
Note:Segregation in education is impermissible : Case Overview: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) -- Schools cannot mandate prayer : Case Overview: Engel v. Vitale (1962) -- Schools cannot deny students basic civil rights : Case Overview: Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) -- Schools cannot teach religion under the guise of intelligent design : Case Overview: Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (2005).
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
