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Constitutional Law
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Individual Rights / First Amendment
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Individual Rights / Fourth Amendment
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Separation of Powers / Executive Powers
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Federalism / Commerce Clause and Taxing Power
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Individual Rights / Fifth Amendment and Takings
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Federalism / Tenth Amendment and Anti-Commandeering
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Individual Rights / Due Process and Equal Protection
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Separation of Powers / Judicial Review and Justiciability
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A city landmark law prevents the owner of a historic theater from adding a 40-story office tower above it. The owner...
A city landmark law prevents the owner of a historic theater from adding a 40-story office tower above it. The owner can still operate the theater, lease retail space inside it, and sell unused development rights to near...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. V, Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, Murr v. Wisconsin
A newspaper challenged a state campaign-finance disclosure law in state court. The state supreme court rejected the n...
...d, in a separate section, that the newspaper would lose under a state constitutional provision that the court expressly interpreted as independent of federal law and adequate by itself to support the judgment. The newspa...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Michigan v. Long
A senator sent a letter asking a federal district court to declare whether a proposed bill would be constitutional be...
...a federal district court to declare whether a proposed bill would be constitutional before Congress votes on it. In a separate action, a medical-device manufacturer sued for a declaratory judgment after a federal agency...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Muskrat v. United States, Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Haworth
A state bans billboards truthfully advertising lawful nicotine-replacement products within one mile of any college ca...
A state bans billboards truthfully advertising lawful nicotine-replacement products within one mile of any college campus. The state says the ban will reduce impulse purchases by students but has little evidence about bi...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
A state law bars any person who owes more than $5,000 in unpaid civil judgments from receiving a marriage license unl...
A state law bars any person who owes more than $5,000 in unpaid civil judgments from receiving a marriage license unless the creditor consents. An engaged couple challenges the law after one partner is denied a license b...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Loving v. Virginia, Zablocki v. Redhail, Obergefell v. Hodges
A state law requires every private newsletter, website, and retail receipt distributed in the state to display the se...
A state law requires every private newsletter, website, and retail receipt distributed in the state to display the sentence, "Our state's economic policy is fair and successful." A small publisher objects to carrying the...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Wooley v. Maynard, Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
Congress asked the Supreme Court to issue a formal opinion advising whether a proposed bill would be constitutional b...
...t to issue a formal opinion advising whether a proposed bill would be constitutional before Congress votes on it. Separately, a company filed a declaratory judgment action after a federal agency sent a final warning lett...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, Marbury v. Madison, Muskrat v. United States, Michigan v. Long, Ex parte McCardle, United States v. Klein
Congress creates an agency headed by one Director who enforces federal consumer laws, seeks civil penalties, and issu...
...reates an agency headed by one Director who enforces federal consumer laws, seeks civil penalties, and issues binding rules. The statute permits removal of the Director only for cause and also says Congress may remove th...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. II, Myers v. United States, Humphrey's Executor v. United States, Bowsher v. Synar, Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Four lawsuits reach federal court. In the first, voters allege that their state government is not "republican" becaus...
Four lawsuits reach federal court. In the first, voters allege that their state government is not "republican" because the legislature allows statewide initiatives to override statutes. In the second, a federal judge rem...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Baker v. Carr, Luther v. Borden, Nixon v. United States, Rucho v. Common Cause, Japan Whaling Association v. American Cetacean Society
Officers lawfully enter an apartment with a warrant to search for stolen televisions. While walking through the livin...
Officers lawfully enter an apartment with a warrant to search for stolen televisions. While walking through the living room, an officer sees a clear bag of counterfeit passports on a coffee table and immediately recogniz...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. IV, Horton v. California
Police lawfully arrest a suspect and compel him to provide a blood sample, appear in a lineup, give fingerprints, and...
Police lawfully arrest a suspect and compel him to provide a blood sample, appear in a lineup, give fingerprints, and copy a sentence in handwriting. The suspect argues that all four items violate the Fifth Amendment pri...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. V, Schmerber v. California, United States v. Wade, Gilbert v. California
Police lawfully stop a van and smell fresh marijuana coming from inside. They also see rolling papers on the passenge...
Police lawfully stop a van and smell fresh marijuana coming from inside. They also see rolling papers on the passenger seat. Without getting a warrant or arresting the driver first, they search the van and open a small b...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. IV, Carroll v. United States, United States v. Ross, California v. Acevedo
Police unlawfully search an apartment rented by Tenant. They find drugs in Tenant's bedroom and charge Visitor, who h...
Police unlawfully search an apartment rented by Tenant. They find drugs in Tenant's bedroom and charge Visitor, who had stopped by for five minutes to buy drugs and had no key, belongings, or overnight arrangement. Visit...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. IV, Rakas v. Illinois, Minnesota v. Olson, Minnesota v. Carter