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October 18, 2023 | Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of State Social Media Laws
In Pennoyer v Neff, 95 U.S. 714 (1878), the U.S. Supreme Court considered the relationship between the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and personal jurisdiction. I...
In Penn Central Transportation Co v New York City, 438 US 104 (1978), the U.S. Supreme Court held that New York City’s restrictions on Grand Central Terminal did not amount ...
In Walker v Sauvinet, 92 U.S. 90 (1876), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the right to a jury trial guaranteed under the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution did not apply to st...
In Knox v Lee, 79 U.S. 457 (1871), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Legal Tender Act, which authorized the printing of paper money not redeemable in gold or silver, did not v...
In Texas v White, 74 U.S. 700 (1869), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Texas never legally left the Union during the Civil War because the U.S. Constitution did not allow states ...
In Cooley v Board of Wardens, 53 U.S. 299 (1852), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the state may regulate interstate commerce under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause, provided...
In Strader v. Graham, 51 U.S. 82 (1851), the U.S. Supreme Court held that it had no jurisdiction to determine whether slaves whose master allowed them to occasionally travel from...
Jones v Van Zandt, 46 U.S. 215 (1847) is one of the U.S. Supreme Court cases that considers slavery issues before the Civil War. The justices ultimately ruled against abolitionis...
In Swift v Tyson, 41 U.S. 1 (1842), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal courts were authorized to create their own body of common law when hearing cases based on diversi...
In Worcester v Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Cherokee Nation was sovereign. It also ruled that the federal government — and not the states ...
The U.S. Supreme Court resumed oral arguments on October 30, as it begins its November session. The...
The U.S. Supreme Court has now granted certiorari in two cases challenging the continued viability ...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases last week. The issues before the Court i...
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.