United States v Lopez (1995)
Case Since the New Deal legislation of the 1930s, the national power to regulate interstate commerce seemed settled in the federal government’s hands. Until 1995,
U.S. Judicial Branch
New Jersey v. T.L.O (1985)
Case T.L.O was a fourteen-year-old high schooler in New Jersey. A teacher found T.L.O and her classmate smoking cigarettes in the girl’s bathroom. Since this
Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt (2016)
Case In 2013, Texas legislators passed House Bill 2 (HB 2), which established two main abortion-related restrictions. First, it required that physicians obtain admitting privileges
New York Times Company v. United States (1971)
Case In the late 1960s and early 70s, controversy surrounding the Vietnam War plagued the nation. In 1967, United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara
Gregg v Georgia (1976)
Case In Furman v Georgia (1972), the Supreme Court found that sweeping jury discretion in death penalty cases was unconstitutional. Many predicted that this decision
McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020)
Case The United States government has a history of brutalizing Native Americans and breaking treaties with Indigenous tribes. In 2018, the Supreme Court heard arguments
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Case There is a long history of exclusion and underrepresentation of minority populations within the field of medicine. Because of this long discriminatory history, the
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Case On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, prompting American involvement in World War II. To differentiate itself from the rest of
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Case The New York state government granted a twenty-year steamboat operations monopoly to Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton, limiting other business operations from happening on
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (2006)
Case Lilly Ledbetter worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Gadsden, Alabama, for nineteen years. During her time at Goodyear, she worked as one
