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• Abortion
  ...s interest in the life of the fetus and the health of the woman. While the Court undeniably reinforced its support of the constitutional core of  ''Roe'' ...ened. Further, a jurisprudential conflict exists as to whether the Supreme Court via  ''Roe''  and its progeny violates the tenets of [[federalism]], an
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• Alphabetical List of Entries
  * [[Original Jurisdiction of Supreme Court]] * [[Roberts Court]]
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• Articles of Confederation (full document)
  ...speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in ...d establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge
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• Topical List
  ===Supreme Court Cases=== category = Supreme Court Cases
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• Adamson v. California (1947)
  ...appeal was taken to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]. ...nt]]. Relying largely on the ''Twining'' case, the majority of the Supreme Court affirmed Dewey Adamson’s conviction and rejected the argument of his coun
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• Fourteenth Amendment
  ...s, known as [[Black Codes]], intended to regulate the freedmen and in many cases reduce them to a state of quasi-slavery. These laws imposed many special di ...se Cases'' of 1873. In these cases, Justice Samuel Miller, writing for the Court majority, adhered to the minimal change view; in dissent Justice Stephen Fi
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• American Indians and Federalism
  ..., moves were made by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] and Congress to move tribal governments to a less prominent position rela ...s relative to state governments was established in ''Worcester''. Here the Court established that state law has no force within Indian borders and that all
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• Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Company (1922)
  ...er v. Dagenhart'' (1918), the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] invalidated the federal Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, which had forbidden Speaking for the Court, Chief Justice William Howard Taft found that the present law, like its pre
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• Baker v. Carr (1962)
  ...[Fourteenth Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]]. The federal district court applied the precedent from ''[[Colegrove v. Green]]'' (1946) and dismissed ...ned, thus opening the window for “judicial resolution of reapportionment cases.” However, this decision was most significant because it established that
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• Baldwin v. Montana Fish and Game Commission (1978)
  ...itality of the Nation as a single entity.” Elk hunting, according to the Court, does not fit into that category. The decision is also interesting because [[Category:Supreme Court Cases]]
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• South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (2018)
  In ''South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., et al.'' (2018), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled that a state can require sellers with no physical presence in the s ...Court. In a five-to-four decision written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court set aside the physical-presence rule required by ''Bellas Hess'' and ''Quil
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• Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
  ...appealed his case to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]. ...f Baltimore or the State of Maryland, Barron’s case was dismissed by the Court for lack of jurisdiction.
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• Benton v. Maryland (1969)
  [[Category:Supreme Court Cases]]
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• Bill of Rights
  ...us crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual serv ...served, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.''
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• Brandeis, Louis D.
  ...data showing the bad effects on women of working too many hours. When the Court unanimously upheld the law, it paid tribute to Brandeis’s arguments and, ...was in cases involving freedom of speech, and he often dissented in those cases along with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The issue in contention was Ho
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• Brennan, William J., Jr.
  ...rennan Jr. served on the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] from 1956 to 1990, and during his tenure he influenced [[federalism]] in When Brennan joined the Court, he quickly picked up the mantle of incorporation—the effort to make the
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• Bronson v. Kinzie (1843)
  ...oreclosed mortgages. The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]], speaking through Chief Justice [[Taney, Roger Brooke|Roger Brooke Taney] ...Bronson v. Kinzie,” in ''Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court'' (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2008), 68–69.
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• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
  ...d by new Chief Justice Earl Warren and presaged a more activist era in the Court’s history. ...ars, park benches, water fountains, restrooms, and bibles for witnesses in court. Southern (and other) states also maintained segregated public schools.
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• Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal (1973)
  ...nted noise. A closely divided [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] held the ordinance invalid because Congress had preempted state and local
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• Burger, Warren Earl
  ...resident promising to appoint “strict constructionists” to the Supreme Court, nominated Burger to be chief justice. He was confirmed by the Senate by a ...as, he led the Court far beyond what the Warren Court had done. The Burger Court, for example, upheld busing as a remedy for school segregation, gave new me
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