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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... authority over the course of history . Issues have concerned whether the president can claim privilege or im- munity from the judicial process or under certain circumstances take action that otherwise is reserved for Congress ...
... authority more effectively . Separation of powers controversies typically arise from disputes over which branch of govern- ment should exercise authority in a particular context . Constitutional turf wars between branches of government ...
... authority to regulate interstate commerce . Author of Opinion : Vote : Chief Justice John Marshall . 7-0 . stitution . The Constitution thus was drafted with a collective sense that unless the states could overcome their economic ...
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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