Michael Phillips

Wade's staff won a conviction in March 1964, but the verdict and death sentence Ruby received was unanimously overturned by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on October 5, 1966, in part because the judge should have granted a change of venue, but also because Wade's team had introduced improperly obtained evidence at the trial.

Ruby was awaiting a new trial when he died of pneumonia and cancer in 1967.

Ruby was awaiting a new trial when he died of pneumonia and cancer in 1967.

Ruby was awaiting a new trial when he died of pneumonia and cancer in 1967.

No one laughed, and a Texas legal team would win a landmark legal victory. On January 22nd, 1973, news anchor Walter Cronkite made the earth-shaking Roe v. Wade decision, the lead story on the CBS Evening News.

No one laughed, and a Texas legal team would win a landmark legal victory. On January 22nd, 1973, news anchor Walter Cronkite made the earth-shaking Roe v. Wade decision, the lead story on the CBS Evening News.

No one laughed, and a Texas legal team would win a landmark legal victory. On January 22nd, 1973, news anchor Walter Cronkite made the earth-shaking Roe v. Wade decision, the lead story on the CBS Evening News.

News of the road decision had to compete not only with coverage of Johnson's death and the planning for his funeral, but also the recently negotiated American withdrawal from the Vietnam War. No one could have guessed how deeply this one decision would reshape the makeup of the Democratic and Republican parties over the next half century.

News of the road decision had to compete not only with coverage of Johnson's death and the planning for his funeral, but also the recently negotiated American withdrawal from the Vietnam War. No one could have guessed how deeply this one decision would reshape the makeup of the Democratic and Republican parties over the next half century.

News of the road decision had to compete not only with coverage of Johnson's death and the planning for his funeral, but also the recently negotiated American withdrawal from the Vietnam War. No one could have guessed how deeply this one decision would reshape the makeup of the Democratic and Republican parties over the next half century.

Americans divided almost evenly soon after the Supreme Court announcement. A Gallup survey indicated that 46% supported a woman's right to choose and 45% opposed granting women access to abortion care in the days following the Roe decision. Reactions were often surprising. W.A.

Americans divided almost evenly soon after the Supreme Court announcement. A Gallup survey indicated that 46% supported a woman's right to choose and 45% opposed granting women access to abortion care in the days following the Roe decision. Reactions were often surprising. W.A.

Americans divided almost evenly soon after the Supreme Court announcement. A Gallup survey indicated that 46% supported a woman's right to choose and 45% opposed granting women access to abortion care in the days following the Roe decision. Reactions were often surprising. W.A.

Criswell, the arch-conservative pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, the largest Southern Baptist congregation in the nation, initially applauded the court. Perhaps the pastor, who had repeatedly warned 13 years earlier that the election of a Catholic, John Kennedy, as president would mark the end of religious liberty, was relieved that the Supreme Court was not controlled by the Vatican.

Criswell, the arch-conservative pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, the largest Southern Baptist congregation in the nation, initially applauded the court. Perhaps the pastor, who had repeatedly warned 13 years earlier that the election of a Catholic, John Kennedy, as president would mark the end of religious liberty, was relieved that the Supreme Court was not controlled by the Vatican.

Criswell, the arch-conservative pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, the largest Southern Baptist congregation in the nation, initially applauded the court. Perhaps the pastor, who had repeatedly warned 13 years earlier that the election of a Catholic, John Kennedy, as president would mark the end of religious liberty, was relieved that the Supreme Court was not controlled by the Vatican.

By the late 1970s, Criswell would emerge as a national leader of the religious right and would help make opposition to abortion and gay rights a centerpiece of Republican politics. Shortly after Roe, however, he struck a very different tune.

By the late 1970s, Criswell would emerge as a national leader of the religious right and would help make opposition to abortion and gay rights a centerpiece of Republican politics. Shortly after Roe, however, he struck a very different tune.

By the late 1970s, Criswell would emerge as a national leader of the religious right and would help make opposition to abortion and gay rights a centerpiece of Republican politics. Shortly after Roe, however, he struck a very different tune.

Quote, I have always felt it was only after the child was born and had a life separate from its mother that became an individual person, Criswell said, and it always therefore seemed to me that's what's best for the mother and the future should be allowed.