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Shelley v Kraemer Holds State Courts Can’t Enforce Race-Based Covenants
In Shelley v Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause banned state courts from enforcing racially restr...
Everson v Board of Education Applied Establishment Clause to States
In Everson v Board of Education of the Township of Ewing, 330 U.S. 1 (1947), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a New Jersey law that reimbursed parents for school transportation c...
Skinner v Oklahoma: Forced Sterilization Violates 14th Amendment
In Skinner v Oklahoma ex rel Williamson, 316 U.S. 535 (1942), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Oklahoma's Criminal Sterilization Act. The justices held that compulsory steriliz...
Palko v Connecticut Established Selective Incorporation Doctrine
In Palko v Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319 (1937), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Fifth Amendment’s immunity against double jeopardy was not a fundamental right. Accordingly, i...
United States v Peters & the Power of the Federal Courts
In United States v Peters, 9 U.S. 115 (1809), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the legislature of a State can’t annul the judgments, nor determine the jurisdiction, of the cour...
Chevron USA v Natural Resources Defense Council Decision Codified Administrative Deference
In Chevron USA v Natural Resources Defense Council, 467 U.S. 837 (1984), the U.S. Supreme Court established the standard of judicial review that courts should apply when evaluat...
Stuart v Laird Upholds Circuit Riding by Supreme Court Justices
In Stuart v Laird, 5 U.S. 299 (1803), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801, which effectively abolished the existing circuit courts. The decision...
Erie Railroad Co v Tompkins Decision Established Modern Diversity Jurisdiction
In Erie Railroad Co v Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal district courts in diversity jurisdiction cases must apply the law of the states in w...
Pierce v Society of Sisters & the Rise of Substantive Due Process
In Pierce v Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Compulsory Education Act of 1922, which required parents to send their children to pub...
United States v Cruikshank: Reconstruction and the Constitution
In United States v Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1875), the U.S. Supreme Court held that protections afforded by the newly enacted Fourteenth Amendment, including due process and equa...
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SCOTUS Rules Litigants Can Sue Federal Officials Individually in Religious Freedom Suits
by DONALD SCARINCI on December 28, 2020
In Tanzin v. Tanvir, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Religi...
SCOTUS Relies on lack of Standing to Uphold Delaware Judicial Balance Requirement
by DONALD SCARINCI on December 21, 2020
In Carney v. Adams, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a provision in the Delawar...
Supreme Court Strikes Down NY COVID-19 Rule Restricting Attendance at Houses of Worship
by DONALD SCARINCI on December 7, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court has enjoined an executive order issued by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo res...
