Life after Heller: what does the landmark Supreme Court case really mean?(GUN RIGHTS)Kates, Don
A June 2024 Supreme Court ruling changed how and where the SEC can seek penalties for those accused of securities fraud. In recent years, the division's operations have shifted with technological changes, regulatory changes, new federal legislation, and landmark court decisions. Most notably, a J...
Before a landmark Supreme Court decision in 2018 (South Dakota v. Wayfair), states could only require retailers to collect sales tax in the state if they had some kind of physical presence (an office, store, or inventory) stored in a state. As a result of the ruling, states can pass ...
One big question mark remaining about abortion access in Pennsylvania has to do with the law that mostly keeps the procedure from being covered under Medicaid. In 2019, abortion providers sued the state, arguing that the ban — which only excludes cases of rape, incest, and serious health risk...
The most serious threat to the Bill of Rights’ universal protection of individual rights came in 1883 when the U.S. Supreme Court, in its landmark decision in the case ofBarron v. Baltimoreruled that protections of the Bill of Rights did not apply to the state governments. The Court reas...
A modern application of the Equal Protection Clause can be seen in theSupreme Court’sunanimous 1954 decision in the landmark case ofBrown vs. Board of Education, which declared that separate schools for African American and white children were inherently unequal and thus unconstitutional. The rulin...
This lesson defines judicial review, explains the historical background behind judicial review, and offers examples of the judicial review process in the U.S.Updated: 11/21/2023 What is Judicial Review? The US Supreme Court has the right to judicial review. ...
A French Quarter landmark with its triple steeples, theCathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, overlooks Jackson Square in New Orleans. The third church on the square, it is the oldest Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States and contains the remains of eight New...
Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in the country’s landmark Roe v. Wade case. It was ruled unconstitutional for a state to restrict access to abortion. In 1976, Congress passed the Hyde Amendment, which prevented federal funding from being used for abortions with several exceptions including cases of ...
Supreme Court ruling released on June 24, 2022 has overturned a landmark ruling in the 1970s that paved the way for legalized abortions, in certain cases, across the country. News of the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade came just over a month after the leaking of a draft...