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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... grounds that it promotes public safety . Because it also may burden interstate com- merce , and even if no conflict- ing federal law exists , the enactment must be measured against the " dormant " com- merce clause . Year of Decision ...
... grounds of race . Several years after the law's enactment , the Court considered a challenge to its constitutionality . Although the act was premised upon Congress's enforce- ment power under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments ...
... grounds that persons who needed welfare assistance dur- ing their first year of residence were likely to become long - term burdens on the state's treasury . At issue in Shapiro v . Thompson ( 1969 ) , therefore , was not whether 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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