A discussion of sixteen Supreme Court cases covering religion, race, protest, and privacy where the defendants have taken a stand on principle and conscience.

Lillian Gobitis v. Minersville School District -- Gordon Hirabayashi v. United States -- J.D. Shelley v. Louis Kraemer -- Lloyd Barenblatt v. United States -- Daisy Bates v. Little Rock -- Robert Mack Bell v. Maryland -- Daniel Seeger v. United States -- Barbara Elfbrandt v. Imogene Russell -- Susan Epperson v. Arkansas -- Mary Beth Tinker v. Des Moines -- Dr. Jane Hodgson v. Minnesota -- Demetrio Rodriguez v. San Antonio -- Jo Carol LaFleur v. Cleveland Board of Education -- Elmer Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. -- Ishmael Jaffree v. George Wallace -- Michael Hardwick v. Michael Bowers -- Epilogue : "Doesn't anybody remember the Spanish Inquisition?"