Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
In 1996, after nearly three decades of gridlock, the stalemate over public assistance in the United States was dramatically broken when President Bill Clinton…
Nathan, Richard P.
Richard P. Nathan (November 24, 1935 - September 12, 2021) was Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the State University of…
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)
In this 2018 case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 violated the Court’s…
Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment states, “The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among…
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) is commonly referred to as the same-sex marriage case that legalized same-sex marriage at the federal level in the United…
Mount Lemmon Fire District v. John Guido, et al. (2019)
In Mount Lemmon Fire District v. John Guido, et al. (2019), the Supreme Court declared that the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of…
State Constitutional Law
The term “state constitutional law” represents an important subfield of American constitutional law. Most references to “constitutional law” by either legal or judicial professionals,…
McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020)
McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020) Jimcy McGirt, a citizen of the Seminole Nation, which is geographically situated within the state of Oklahoma, was convicted in…
McCray v. United States (1904)
This Supreme Court case addresses the scope of Congress’s taxing and spending powers. More specifically, it examines the ability of Congress to use its taxing authority for regulatory…
Mason, George
George Mason (1725–92) of Gunston Hall, Virginia, was one of revolutionary America’s foremost constitutionalists. In the Virginia Convention of 1776, he served as the…
Malloy v. Hogan (1964)
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
Madison v. Alabama (2019)
In Madison v. Alabama (2019), the Supreme Court ruled that the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution bars the execution of a prisoner whose dementia prevents him from recalling…
