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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... argument that the Consti- tution does not empower Congress to create a bank or corporation . The bank , which had been chartered in response to economic turmoil following the War of 1812 , soon became a target of critics who believed ...
... argument that police have a need for increasingly intrusive inves- tigative measures that respond to the seriousness ... argument that the Fourth Amendment did not apply . It also rejected the argument that the stop and frisk procedure ...
... argument for its unconstitution- ality . Chief Justice Warren Burger authored a dissenting opinion , joined by Justices Harry Blackmun , Lewis Powell , and William Rehnquist in which he argued that he would abolish capital punishment or ...
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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