Landmark Supreme Court Cases: A Reference GuideThis needed resource, written specifically for students and general readers, provides accessible discussions of 74 landmark Supreme Court cases that will help students understand the cases and their importance in American history. Cases selected for this work are those in which the Supreme Court's decisions have had a profound impact on society and the future and a meaning that transcends the impact on the immediate parties. In his own words, Donald Lively, Dean of Florida Coastal School of Law, discusses the facts, background, and significance of each landmark case so that students will be able to easily understand it. Each case features a fact box for quick reference succinctly identifying the issue, year of decision, outcome, vote, and author of the opinion. The narrative discussion of each case puts it in historical perspective, examines the background and constitutional issue involved, the case itself, why it is a landmark case, and its significance and impact. A short bibliography directs readers to a more in-depth discussion of the case and issue. |
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... Consistent with that understanding , the Court determined that the necessary and proper clause permits Congress in pursuing a " legitimate end " to use " all means which are appropriate , which are plainly adapted to that end , which ...
... consistent with , rather than barred by , the Constitution's " letter and spirit . " The Court found that the Puerto Rican community's interest in voting justified congressional action that superseded state inter- ests , and therefore ...
... consistently were struck down in the years after Brown , and the Court demanded remedies that " work now , " the ... consistent with the distribution of racial groups within the entire community . The Supreme Court observed that the ...
Contents
Power to Regulate or Affect the National Economy | 43 |
State Police Power and the Dormant Commerce Clause | 55 |
Federal Preemption of State Law | 67 |
Copyright | |
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