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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: June 12
Loving v. Virginia , 388 U.S. 1 (decided June 12, 1967): striking down on Equal Protection and (substantive) Due Process grounds...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 11
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah , 508 U.S. 520 (decided June 11, 1993): ordinance prohibiting killing of animal in...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 10
Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1 (decided June 10, 1968): allowed “stop and frisk” without warrant if suspicion of armed and involved in a...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 9
Carey v. Population Services Int’l , 431 U.S. 678 (decided June 9, 1977): statute prohibiting sale of non-prescription contraceptives,...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 8
Gitlow v. New York , 268 U.S. 652 (decided June 8, 1925): New York’s “criminal anarchy” statute (still on the books!) permissible despite...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 7
Griswold v. Connecticut , 381 U.S. 479 (decided June 7, 1965): Fourteenth Amendment violated by statute outlawing sale of contraceptives;...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 6
Gonzalez v. Raich , 545 U.S. 1 (decided June 6, 2005): Commerce Clause allows Congress to criminalize home grown cannabis even if state...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 5
Coleman v. Miller , 307 U.S. 433 (decided June 5, 1939): there is no time limit on states ratifying proposed Constitutional Amendments...

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Jun 52 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 4
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission , 584 U.S. 617 (decided June 4, 2018): First Amendment protected cakeshop...

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Jun 42 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 3
Hammer v. Dagenhart , 247 U.S. 251 (decided June 3, 1918): Interstate Commerce Clause did not authorize Congress to prohibit child labor...

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Jun 32 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 2
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer , 343 U.S. 579 (decided June 2, 1952): President cannot seize private property (steel mills which...

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Jun 12 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 1
Pierce v. Society of Sisters , 268 U.S. 510 (decided June 1, 1925): striking down Oregon statute requiring all children to go to public...

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Jun 13 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: May 31
Maul v. United States , 274 U.S. 501 (decided May 31, 1927): vessel without proper registration properly seized by Coast Guard 34 miles...

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May 303 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: May 30
BNSF Ry. Co. v. Tyrrell , 581 U.S. 402 (decided May 30, 2017): railroad could be sued in state where it was neither based nor...

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May 293 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: May 29
Ledbetter v. Goodyear , 550 U.S. 618 (decided May 29, 2007): Title VII lawsuit as to sexual discrimination in employment (after 18 years...

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May 293 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: May 28
Home Depot U.S.A. v. Jackson , 587 U.S. 435 (decided May 28, 2019): new party sued in third party class action can’t remove case to...

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May 293 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: May 27
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States , 295 U.S. 495 (decided May 27, 1935) (the “sick chicken case”): invalidated many provisions of...

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May 262 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: May 26
United States v. Salerno , 481 U.S. 739 (decided May 26, 1987): upholding Constitutionality of Bail Reform Act of 1984 which requires...

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May 252 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: May 25
Choteau v. Burnet , 283 U.S. 691 (decided May 25, 1931): status as Native American does not excuse obligation to pay income tax on...

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May 242 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: May 24
In re Shipp , 214 U.S. 386 (verdict rendered May 24, 1909): Only once has there been a criminal trial in the Supreme Court and this was...

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May 232 min read
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