The article discusses whether a constitutional amendment can overrule a Supreme Court decision. For students, the accepted view is that the Supreme Court decides what the Constitution says. According to the article, confusion provides a valuable teaching moment about constitutional amendment and Supreme ...
The basis for this argument is a trilogy of Supreme Court opinions that hold that when the Court interprets a statutory term, that interpretation is binding on the Executive Branch and may be altered only by an act of Congress or a subsequent opinion of the Court. Therefore, these cases ...
New Hampshire lawmakers did not run afoul of the Constitution in making it a crime to ridicule people with false statements, the First Circuit held Tuesday, but a concurring judge said it’s time for the Supreme Court to overrule its precedent in this area. “The case could b...
Makena Kellyis a reporter who covers the politics and power influencing the tech industry. Before joining The Verge in 2018, she covered Congress and breaking news. Facebook has published new documents detailing the company’s plans for a content oversight board, which would serve as a kin...
Why would anyone waste even the minimal time needed to write a short, light article addressing a question with such a ridiculously self-evident answer?Michael Stokes PaulsenSocial Science Electronic PublishingPaulsen, Michael Stokes, "Can a Constitutional Amendment Overrule a Supreme Court Decision?" ...
The basis for this argument is a trilogy of Supreme Court opinions that hold that when the Court interprets a statutory term, that interpretation is binding on the Executive Branch and may be altered only by an act of Congress or a subsequent opinion of the Court. Therefore, these cases ...
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The article reports on the involvement of the Supreme Court in the demand of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee for the U.S. government to transfer its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and ignore a United Nations (UN) decision on international law. It examines the UN Charter on the ...