Washington v. Texas (1967)
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
Southern Railway Company v. Reid (1912) is an early preemption case in which the Supreme Court invalidated a North Carolina statute requiring common carriers…
In 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Shapiro v. Thompson that states could not impose durational residency requirements for the receipt of public…
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
See Nationalization of the Bill of Rights
In this case the Supreme Court manifested its historic dedication to the protection of economic liberty under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth…
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
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…
In 1849, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to apply Article IV, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees states a “republican form of government,” to a…
This 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case dealt with the controversy over the legally permissible scope of state and local government regulatory land-use power under…
This 1992 U.S. Supreme Court case addresses the question of what constitutes the proper exercise of state and local government regulation over land use…
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