These resources from the award-winning PBS series The Supreme Court chart the Court’s unique evolution through archival footage, graphic techniques and interviews with legal historians and experts. Together, they help unfold complex legal concepts and key Constitutional issues. Explore the personalities and beliefs of individual Supreme Court justices as well as the dynamic social and political forces that have and continue to shape legal precedent in the United States.
Why We Fight

This video from the series The Supreme Court explains how World War II changed American ideas about democracy and liberty.

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Major funding for The Supreme Court is provided by New York Life. Additional funding has been provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Funding for the Supreme Court Collection on VITAL/Teachers’ Domain is provided by the Booth Ferris Foundation.

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