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Today in Supreme Court History: April 1
FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project , 592 U.S. 414 (decided April 1, 2021): In 2017 the Trump-led FCC reversed long-standing policy, affirmed...
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 31
United States v. Lanier , 520 U.S. 259 (decided March 31, 1997): state judge should have known sexual assaults would inculpate him under...
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 30
Ex parte Wilson , 114 U.S. 417 (decided March 30, 1885): crime punishable by years of hard labor is a Fifth Amendment “infamous crime”...
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 29
West Coast Hotels v. Parrish , 300 U.S. 379 (decided March 29, 1937): The Big Switch by Justice Roberts, breaking with the “Four...
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 28
Krulewitch v. United States , 336 U.S. 440 (decided March 28, 1949): Krulewitch and a woman brought another woman across state lines for...
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 27
<i>United States v. Cruikshank</i>, 92 U.S. 542 (decided March 27, 1876): The Constitution does not guarantee a right to peacefully...
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 26
Baker v. Carr , 369 U.S. 186 (decided March 26, 1962): federal courts have jurisdiction over suits alleging disproportionate...
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 25
United States v. Quality Stores, Inc. , 572 U.S. 141 (decided March 25, 2014): must withhold FICA from severance pay because it’s “wages”...
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Mar 252 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 24
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections , 383 U.S. 663 (decided March 24, 1966): poll tax violates Equal Protection (though literacy tests...
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Mar 242 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 23
Comcast Corp. v. National Ass’n of African American-Owned Media , 589 U.S. 327 (decided March 23, 2020): owner of African-American owned...
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Mar 232 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 22
Eisenstadt v. Baird , 405 U.S. 438 (decided March 22, 1972): Massachusetts statute prohibiting sale of contraceptives to single people...
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Mar 232 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 21
A Book Named “John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure” v. Massachusetts , 383 U.S. 413 (decided March 21, 1966): The book is more...
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Mar 212 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 20
Calder v. Jones , 465 U.S. 783 (decided March 20, 1984): California court had jurisdiction to hear suit by well-known California...
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Mar 203 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 19
Austin v. New Hampshire , 420 U.S. 656 (decided March 19, 1975): New Hampshire commuter tax applicable only to out-of-state residents...
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Mar 192 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 18
Gideon v. Wainwright , 372 U.S. 335 (decided March 18, 1963): “If you can’t afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you.” (In high...
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Mar 183 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 17
Patton v. Brady , 184 U.S. 608 (decided March 17, 1902): upholding extra tax on already taxed goods (on manufactured tobacco under War...
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Mar 172 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 16
Fletcher v. Peck , 10 U.S. 87 (decided March 16, 1810): awarding land to purchaser in good faith, unaware that seller had obtained it by...
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Mar 162 min read
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Today in Supreme Court: March 15
Bakery Sales Drivers Local Union No. 33 v. Wagshal , 333 U.S. 437 (decided March 15, 1948): A deli changed bakeries because its drivers...
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Mar 153 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 14
Sicurella v. United States , 348 U.S. 385 (decided March 14, 1955): Jehovah’s Witness can be awarded conscientious objector status even...
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Mar 142 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: March 13
Klopfer v. North Carolina , 386 U.S. 213 (decided March 13, 1967): prosecutor can’t say “nolle prosequi” (decide not to go forward) and...
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Mar 132 min read
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