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looks at 11 developments that altered the course of U.S. history: the trial of John Peter Zenger and the birth of freedom of the press, the Constitutional Convention (1787), George Washington's concept of a limited Presidency, the Common School movement, the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890, the Interstate Highway System (1939-1991), the GI Bill of Rights, the Marshall Plan, Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, and the Immigration Act of 1965. (Department of State)
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As with the Zenger trial centuries earlier, the fate of one uncelebrated citizen changed American law. By granting Clarence Earl Gideon the right to a defense attorney at state expense in 1963, the Supreme Court made it easier for the poor to defend themselves in court, and broadened the reach of justice. |
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