Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)

Cliff Sloan’s new book explains how the Franklin Roosevelt-shaped Court wrestled with individual rights as the nation fought to save itself and the world.

Felix Frankfurter was renowned as a liberal lawyer and advocate. Why did he turn out to be such a conservative Supreme Court justice?

Felix Frankfurter warned that politicians, not the courts, should make policy.

Schools have long been ideological and physical battlegrounds — especially when it comes to citizenship and civil rights.

Few democracies require children to make a daily declaration of fealty to country.