This week in our series, Harry Monroe and Leo Scully tell us about the ruling, and the continuing national debate over slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

From the twelfth to the eighteenth century, the Louvre was the home of the ruling families of France.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

The ruling was unpopular. It came as Americans resisted big corporations like the First Bank of the United States, chartered by Congress.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

The ruling is based on the idea in the United States and many other countries that a corporation is a legal person.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

This use of government troops to end strikes caused many citizens to vote against the ruling Republican Party.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Still,Kevin Russell, a lawyer who specializes in Supreme Court cases,says the ruling puts all employers to a task.

VOA: special.2009.07.03

Kosovo's Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni called the ruling on Thursday great news, and not just for Kosovo.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

The ruling clears the way for corporations and unions to use their own money to support the election or defeat of a candidate.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

Myriad is appealing the ruling. And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

One theory is that the military could object if the ruling party looks for friendship with South Korea to help save North Korea's economy.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

President Obama denounced the ruling in his State of the Union speech to Congress in January.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic says the ruling will not change his country's position.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

Speaking from Belgrade, he said the ruling sends a message about international law.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

Last year it ordered his arrest. But Sudan rejects the ruling.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The ruling is non-binding; it does not have legal force.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

The ruling was a victory for its American competitor Boeing.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Judge Sotomayor says the ruling followed established law.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

In Washington, the State Department welcomed the ruling.

VOA: special.2010.07.24