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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... Supreme Court for writs to officers of the United States . The act thus cast the Court in the rather rare role of a court of first resort rather than its usual function as a court of last resort . Operating under the premise that it was ...
... Court upheld slavery in Dred Scott v . Sandford , the Marbury decision represented the only instance in which it struck down a federal law . Even if the Court's emergence ... Supreme Court's decision in Marbury The Power of Judicial Review 7.
... Court's authority and using military force to prevent desegregation , the state was responsible for increasing tension , strife , and opposition in the community . The Court emphasized that " law and order are not here to be preserved ...
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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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