See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938) overruled Swift v. Tyson (1842), a decision that construed Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the…
The political and social context of the U.S. Supreme Court’s November 22, 1971, decision in Reed v. Reed is important. A proposed Equal Rights Amendment had been approved by the…
The Tenth Amendment has long been the constitutional cornerstone of “states’ rights” and there are numerous cases dealing with the Tenth Amendment to the…
In Dunn v. Blumstein (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Tennessee’s durational residency requirement to vote. The law required a one-year residency in…
In Edwards v. California (1941), the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated California’s “anti-Okie” law, which had made it a crime to bring an indigent person, who was not a…
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
In Darby Lumber Company v. United States (1941), the U.S. Supreme Court sustained the constitutionality of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which set minimum wages and…
Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health (1990) was a Supreme Court case concerning the so-called right to die. Nancy Cruzan was a 32-year-old woman who was incompetent…
Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) saw the Supreme Court take up the emotional issue of assisted suicide. Chief Justice William Rehnquist unanimously upheld a state…
In 1867, the State of Mississippi chartered a lottery company in 1867 for a period of twenty-five years. However, in 1868 the state constitution…
In 1816, Congress chartered the Second Bank of the United States. (A first bank had been established in 1791 during the administration of George…
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