court later overrules itself or modifies its previous opinion. The decisions are not confined to the specific cases, but rather are intended to guide legislatures and executive authority; thereby they mold the development of law. Thus, in the U.S. governmental system the Supreme Court ...
There is no support in the Constitution or decisions of this Court for the proposition that the cumbersomeness and delays often encountered in complying with explicit constitutional standards may be avoided, either by the Congress or by the President. See Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, ...
Since passage of the Act, this Court's decisionsPage 419 U. S. 202have read Congress' power under the Commerce Clause more expansively, extending it beyond the flow of commerce to all activities having a substantial effect on interstate commerce. See Mandeville Island Farms v. American Crystal...
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only the legislature may determine whether the Open Meetings Act should apply to the legislature, and how it should apply consistent with Uniform Rule 22. The Legislators rely on this court's decisions in Malone and Abood, and on the Florida Supreme Court's opinion in Moffitt v. Willis, 45...
Justices and Legal Clarity: Analyzing the Complexity ofSupreme Court Opinions∗Ryan J. OwensAssistant ProfessorDepartment of GovernmentH..
The issue, in the court's view, was whether the statute was a valid exercise of the State's police power. It answered this question in the affirmative, noting that the statute's goal was "to ensure that pregnant women in Virginia who decided to have abortions come to their decisions ...
might, in the Court of Appeals' words, "[appear] to have the potential for prevention of future police misconduct." 506 F.2d at 548. The lower courts have, we think, overlooked several significant decisions of this Court in validating this type of litigation and the relief ultimately ...
s decisions—and indeed thelegacyof what has come to be known as the “Warren Court”—was a profound sensitivity to the impact of judicial decisions on society at large. Viewing the court as much more than an agency that merely interprets law, Warren used the court as a vessel forsocial...