Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer

SD fed policy

vinson court

Did the President have the constitutional authority to seize and operate the steel mills? - no

Pennsylvania v. Nelson

upheld fed policy

warren court

Did the Smith Act (fed) supersede enforcement of Pennsylvania's sedition law? - yes

Baker v. Carr

 Upheld fed policy

Did the Supreme Court have jurisdiction over questions of legislative apportionment?- yes

(tax payers standing case)

warren court

Flast v. Cohen

- SD fed policy

it established 2 requirements to have taxpayer standings!

facts: no finance for books for religious schools

Did Flast, as a taxpayer, have standing to sue the government's spending program? - no

warren court

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.

- Upheld fed policy

upheld civil rights act

it affected interstate commerce, travelers being discriminated on

warren court

Williamson v. Lee Optical

- Upheld state policy

- eye wear license, in oklahoma u cant make eye products if u dont have it.

Did the Oklahoma law violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? - no

"modern substantive due proces"

U.S. v. Kahringer

- Upheld fed policy

tax issue, gamblers had to register with the collector of internal revenue.

Did the Act violate the Fifth and Tenth Amendments? - No

warren court

Powell v. McCormack

SD fed policy

May the House of Representatives exclude a duly elected member if the member has satisfied the standing requirements of age, citizenship and residence as articulated in Article I Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution? - no

warren court

(congress privileges)

New York Times v. U.S.

- SD fed policy

president cant use prior restrain, because it has to meet certain qualitficastions. Nixon president

burger court

U.S. v. U.S. District Court

- SD fed policy

did the wire tappings violate the 4th amendment? - YES

burger court

Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff

UPHELD fed policy

facts: hawaii takes land to build a public use

Did the Land Reform Act of 1967 violate the Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment? - NO, because it was a public use.

takings case!!

Gravel v. U.S.

- SD fed policy

facts: pentagon papers in publishing them, they wanted to sub poena his aide

Did the subpoena of Senator Gravel's aide violate the Speech and Debate Clause of Article I of the Constitution? - YES

U.S. v. Nixon

Bowsher v. Synar

SD fed policy

if spending exceed, he can decide cuts

did the function assigned by congress violation of seperation of power? - YES

burger court

Allied Structural Steel v. Spannus

- SD state policy

facts: minnesota law require that private employers fire their employees.pension plans protected by state

Did Minnesota's Private Pension Benefits Protection Act violate the Contract Clause of the Constitution? - YES

contracts case

burger court case

Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of N.Y.

- Upheld state policy

penn wanted to add a building on top of the central station, and NY didnt want this, so did the state "take" this? - NO u cant build THAT.

takings case.

burger court.

Keystone Bituminous Coal v. DeBendectis

- Upheld state policy

the state passes law regulating underground coal minding that damages strucutres.

was there a taking in this contract clause? - NO

burger court.

Pacific Gas and Electric v. State Energy and Conservation Commission

upheld state policy

california required to have space for nuclear power(rods)

did this violate this federal act? NO.

Alden v. Maine

SD fed policy

probation officers, the state of maine violated the fair labor standards act.

may congress repeal a states sovereign immmunity in private in its own courts - NO

burger court

National League of Cities v. Usery

SD fed policy

congress passes a previous law to regulate over time for state and federal employees

can congress regulate employment in the states? - No

burger court

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority

- Upheld fed policy

SA was trying to say they were exempt from being taxes since they provided a government service, but they were not.

last burger court

Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising

- SD state policy

N.C passes law that changes ways that apples can be distrubuted in the state. Washington state brings suit and says the law is discriminatory. because it affects interstate commerce

N.C cant do this, cuz it does affect interstate commerce.

burger court.

I.N.S. v. Chadha

- SD fed policy

congress authorized the house or senate to suspend deportation ruling, house votes without a record

did the immmigration act violate seperation of powers? - YES.

South Dakota v. Dole

Upheld fed policy

drinking age is 21, states want to make drinking age 21. by doing this and holding funds is the state violate 21st amendment? - NO

rehnquist

Morrison v. Olson

- Upheld fed policy

a federal act created a special court that allowed the attorney general to prosecute government officials for criminal laws

did this violate the seperation of powers? - No

Mistretta v. U.S

Upheld fed policy

commission assigned to attack discrepencies in sentencing by federal court judges, felons said that this violated the delegation powers... did it? - No

U.S. Term Limits v. Thorton-

SD state policy

 Arkansas law wanted to pass term limits, does this violate qualifications clause? - Yes

Oregon Waste Systems v. Department of Environmental Quality of State of Oregon

- SD state policy

discriminaiton commerce case, oregon was putting a charge on waste, does this violate the commerce clause?  YES!

Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Authority

SD state policy

Takings case.

a man buys two lots to build houses in S.C and S.C says u cant buildon that property. Did a taking a occur? - yes

Kelo v. City of New London

Upheld state policy

takings case.

the city takes land and sells it to a developer to build a mall for public use. Can the state take land for public purposes? - YES

U.S. v. Lopez

SD fed policy

kid brings a gun to school, originally charged with a state then he gets federal. does it affect the commerce clause and the gun law? YES

Because a posession is not an economic activity.

U.S. v. Morrison-

SD fed policy

rape case of college football players raped a woman, 1 got punished and 1 didnt.

double jeopardy. womens act, since this was a state institution, state has to provide the remedy.

Print v. U.S.-

SD state/fed policy

local officers were required to perform backround checks in gun searches.

under the necessary and proper clause can congress require states to regulate handguns? - NO

Clinton v. Jones

SD fed policy

presidents cant be imune from civil law suits. you cant delay it.

Granhom v. Heald

SD state policy

interstate wine law, michigan and NY laws allowed finaries to ship alcohol in state, but not let other states.

did this affect interstate commerce? yes

Gonzales v. Reich

Upheld fed policy

Mexican marihuana. california passes law for medical use of it.

does federal policy exceed state power? - yes

Clinton v. New York

SD fed policy

line item veto, president cant do it. it violates what this clause.

rehnquist cant do it. u either accep the whole bill or not accept it at all. all or nothing

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

upheld fed policy

president war powers

U.S citizen was arrested fighting with taliban  and hes caught and declared enemy combatant and was transported to the U.S

he got a military tribunal

did the government violate the due process clause? Yes

he had the right to challenge.

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

SD fed policy

bin ladens chauffer

May the rights protected by the Geneva Convention be enforced in federal court through habeas corpus petitions? Was the military commission established to try Hamdan and others for alleged war crimes in the War on Terror authorized by the Congress or the inherent powers of the President?

yes G.C can be upheld, trial was illegal

Boudmienne v. Bush

SD fed policy

congress passes the military comissions act whch disallows courts to hear habeaus corpus from detainees that are declared enemy combatants

Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation

Upheld fed policy

bush passes an act that allows government to give funding to religious organizations to do fund raising through religious based needs.to give fund for community functions.

are tax payers involved? - No

they cant do this because its related to flast.

struckdown

regulation of passports was not of political question

US does not recognize jerusalem as the capital.

roberts case

upheld fed

convicted sex offenders. child walsh act. congress had the power to do this.

UPheld state

were states immune to bankruptcy ? No

strikes down state sovereign immunity.

just had 2 cases in his court, both strikedowns

only c.j to serve in 3 branches

under truman and served 7 years

his 1st case is bernan v paker (takings case)

uphold because it was for a public good

thought Baker v carr was his important case

increases the notion tax payers standing

and ability to bring suits

ex. william v lee optical

appointed eisenhower, baker was his best, korematsu worst decision

sided with majority, was related to Taft on how court operates

left job as c.j

most cases 17 years of service.

restricting and limiting executive power.

prior restraint violation of nixon

limits federal power

limits what a "takings" really is, expanding area of permissible

working class. another justices best man. fought racial discrimination. practiced court of appeals

lopez-hamdi

1.guns arent commerce

2. limited tax payer standing

3. limits executive powers

half functional, half formalist

midwest.outstanding law student of his generatio

wrote memo for jackson about plessy.