The Jersey City Constitutional Clash: Hague v. CIO
In 1939, the United States Supreme Court addressed a major constitutional crisis in Jersey City, New Jersey, where Mayor Frank Hague had effectively suspended First Amendment rights. The ruling in…
In 1939, the United States Supreme Court addressed a major constitutional crisis in Jersey City, New Jersey, where Mayor Frank Hague had effectively suspended First Amendment rights. The ruling in…
In 1935, the United States Supreme Court decided the Gold Clause Cases, a series of rulings that determined whether the federal government could legally invalidate contracts requiring payment in gold.…
The 1935 Supreme Court case Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States invalidated the National Industrial Recovery Act, a pillar of the New Deal. The unanimous ruling determined that the United…
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's invalidation of federal civil rights protections in 1883, New Jersey became one of the first states to pass its own comprehensive civil rights law. The…
In 1992, Colorado voters passed Amendment 2, a controversial measure that prohibited the state and its municipalities from granting protected status to individuals based on sexual orientation. The United States…
In 1964, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Maryland Committee for Fair Representation v. Tawes that Maryland's legislative apportionment was unconstitutional. This decision forced a massive restructuring of the…
The 1935 Supreme Court case Humphrey’s Executor v. United States established significant limits on the U.S. president's power to remove officials from independent regulatory agencies. The ruling prevented President Franklin…
In 1963, California passed the Rumford Fair Housing Act to ban racial discrimination in housing, but voters repealed it via Proposition 14 in 1964. The United States Supreme Court eventually…
In 1967, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to exclude Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. from his seat, sparking a constitutional crisis over the chamber's power to set qualifications for…