mr. korematsu took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> quite often in many of our most famous decisionsre one that the court took that were quite unpopular. >> if you had to pick one freedom that was the most essential to the functioning of a democracy it has to be freedom of speech. >> let's go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. >> "landmark cases" an exploration of 12 historic supreme court cases and the human stories behind them. a new series on c-span produced in cooperation with the national constitution center. debuting monday, october 5th at 9:00 p.m. >>> our partnership with the constitution center is really essential to this project because as you can imagine narrowing this down to 12 cases was quite a chore. we had help from many of their experts here. we also went to people in the legal community and people really on the right and left to try to find a list that would be inclusive and representative of the great hist

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only take a look at dred scott the korematsu case and miranda all the way through roe v. wade the really do and not only that mr. the country but they involve -- evolving rights of america. >> today republican president to candidate donald trump releases plan to overhaul the tax code. his proposal would eliminate estate taxes and income taxes for couples earning under $50,000. he and bill this planet trump towers in new york city. this is half an hour. >> so we are going to be discussing something so important for our country, for our economy and for getting us all working again and working well again. it's the tax reform that i think will make america strong and great again. too many jobs are being shipped overseas and too many middle-income families cannot make ends meet. this plan directly meets these challenges and the challenges also up business. it will provide major tax relief for middle income and for most other americans. there will be a major tax reduction. it will simplify the tax code. it will grow the american economy at a level that it hasn't seen for decades. and all of this does not and for our