The Supreme Court’s new term opens with cases involving climate-related lawsuits, gun restrictions, immigration enforcement, Arizona voting rules and religious schools in Colorado. Energy companies are challenging dozens of lawsuits…
In 1936, the Supreme Court decided Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority, a challenge to the New Deal agency’s power to sell electricity. The United States justices avoided a sweeping constitutional…
In 1886, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Yick Wo v. Hopkins that a San Francisco laundry ordinance was unconstitutionally applied. The decision established that the Fourteenth Amendment protects…
In 1832, the state of Georgia and President Andrew Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling that protected Cherokee sovereignty. This constitutional crisis in the United States demonstrated the limits of…
In 1937, California enacted a law making it a misdemeanor to bring indigent persons into the state, targeting Dust Bowl refugees. This sparked a constitutional crisis over state sovereignty and…
In 1978, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke regarding affirmative action. The Court struck down racial quotas in…
The 1805 impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase addressed whether federal judges could be removed for political reasons. The United States Senate's decision to acquit Chase established a…
In 1809, the United States faced a constitutional standoff when Pennsylvania used its state militia to defy a federal court order regarding Revolutionary War prize money. The Supreme Court ruling…
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…
