https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k Detail the Supreme Court Cases en-us 2019-11-18 12:52:13 UTC 2025-11-14 01:57:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365368499 The court decided that the Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the Federal Government. Marshall ruled in favor of the Federal Government and concluded, “the power to tax involves the power to destroy."]]> 2022-11-01 17:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365368499 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365370537 Happened in 1803. The issue was who can ultimately decide what the law is? The importance of this is that the decision gave the Court the ability to strike down laws on the grounds that they are unconstitutional.]]> 2022-11-01 17:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365370537 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365380109 Can states pass laws that challenge the power of the Congress to regulate interstates commerce? The result was that the Court held that it is the role of the federal government to regulate commerce and that the state government cannot develop their own commerce-regulating laws. ]]> 2022-11-01 17:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365380109 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365380737 In the case of Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, Pichardo Ernesto sued a city in Florida that had passed a law forbidding the ritual or ceremonial killing of animals. This law was passed as a way to crackdown on the practitioners of Santeria, a religion based on African and Catholic traditions which was popular in Cuba before coming to the U.S. This religion required its priests to perform certain sacrifices as tributes to certain powerful saints and demigods. In this case, the Court ruled that the statute in question discriminated against Santeria, and therefore, was a violation of Ernesto’s and others First Amendment rights.]]> 2022-11-01 17:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365380737 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365383395 In 1970, Jane Roe (a fictional name used in court documents to protect the plaintiff's identity) filed a lawsuit against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, Texas, where she resided, challenging a Texas law making abortion illegal except by a doctor's orders to save a woman's life.

The Supreme Court decided that the right to privacy implied in the 14th amendment protected abortion as a fundamental right. ]]> 2022-11-01 17:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365383395 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365383943 2022-11-01 18:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365383943 Spoonful_Of_Ink https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365385660 landmark civil rights case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.]]> 2022-11-01 18:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365385660 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365387234 In Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, a suit was brought against the state of Oregon because they withheld benefits from two men because they were fired from their jobs due to drug use. The issue with this, is that the men were fired because they used peyote, a ritual drug commonly used in Native American religious ceremonies. Since both these men were official members of the Native American Church, they thought that their activities should be protected by the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. The thing that’s so weird about this case is that both the men were actually drug rehabilitation counselors before they were fired. This seems to signal that they both viewed peyote in a different light than the substances for which they treated their patients.]]> 2022-11-01 18:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365387234 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365389304 Have you ever noticed that when you go to a restaurant they rarely sing you the traditional happy birthday song? This isn’t an attempt at uniqueness, it is actually the result of our next entry, the Happy Birthday Song Case. This series of trials began in the mid 1900’s, when the happy birthday song (the one sung at home birthday parties across the country) was officially patented. This meant that anyone who used the song owed the patentors a certain sum of money. The patent wasn’t routinely enforced until the 1980’s, when a series of restaurants were sued for using the song without permission. Because of this, you now have the litany of songs which are sung in different restaurants. These restaurants now have their own patents on these songs, thus making them perfectly legal for use.]]> 2022-11-01 18:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365389304 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365390749 This case was about whether Congress had the constitutional power to prohibit slavery in free territories. The Court answered no on both accounts. Congress could not prohibit slavery in any territories. The Court also stated that African Americans cannot have no right to sue federal court. The Dred Scott case became a central issue in the debate surrounding the expansion of slavery and further fueled the flames leading to the Civil War.]]> 2022-11-01 18:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365390749 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365391147 Petitioner Joseph Kennedy lost his job as a high school football coach in the Bremerton School District after he knelt at midfield after games to offer a quiet personal prayer. Mr. Kennedy sued in federal court, al- leging that the District's actions violated the First Amendment's Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses. 

The Supreme Court ruled today in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, siding with a public-school football coach who demanded the right to pray with his players after games at the 50-yard-line. The decision significantly erodes the separation of church and state in public schools.

]]> 2022-11-01 18:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365391147 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365394714 Buck v. Bell is not only one of the weirdest cases in the history of the Supreme Court, it is also one of the most despicable. In the early 1900’s, John and Alice Dobbs sent their foster daughter, Carrie Buck to an insane asylum on the grounds of promiscuity and feeble-mindedness. Buck had been sexually assaulted by the Dobb’s nephew, and by committing her they hoped to avoid the embarrassment which would come upon their family name. Things only got worse for Buck, because in Indiana at the time, it was common practice for the “feeble-minded” to be sterilized. Since Buck’s mom had also been institutionalized, the line of argument was that there must be some hereditary disorder that was causing these issues.]]> 2022-11-01 18:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365394714 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365395736 2022-11-01 18:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365395736 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365398688 sometimes the best part of a Supreme Court case is its name. A perfect example of this is our next entry, United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins. This case emerged as a result of statutes meant to clamp down on shark hunting. While shark meat is sometimes stored and sold, during the 1900’s it was much more common for a shark to be taken for their dorsal fin, and the rest of the meat was left to simply spoil in the ocean. If you have any doubts about this being a substantial problem, just look at the name of this case. The fact that a single defendant could be responsible for this many shark fins is simply astounding.]]> 2022-11-01 18:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365398688 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365398903 The issue was about certain speech, including sending antiwar pamphlets to drafted men, made in wartime and deemed in violation of the Espionage Act, protected by the first Amendment. No. Although the defendant would have been able to state his views during ordinary times, the Court held that in certain circumstances, like this case the nation being at war, justify such limits on the First Amendment. The Schenck decision is best known for creating the "clear and present danger" test meaning that speech could be restricted if it presented a clear and present danger.]]> 2022-11-01 18:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365398903 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365400313
The Supreme Court sustained a federal law permitting addressees to prohibit all future mailings from a specified sender.]]> 2022-11-01 18:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365400313 CharlieFields https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365403548 American Hospital Association v. Becerra. The Court unanimously held that the Department of Health and Human Services lacks the discretion to vary prescription drug reimbursement rates among hospital groups without first making a survey of hospitals' acquisition costs.]]> 2022-11-01 18:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365403548 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365403965 Do racially segregated public schools violate the Equal Protection Clause? Yes. A unanimous Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and held that state laws requiring or allowing racially segregated schools violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court famously stated, "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.". The Brown decision is heralded as a landmark decision in Supreme Court history, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) which had created the "separate but equal" doctrine. In Plessy, The Court held that even though a Louisiana law required rail passengers to be segregated based on race, there was no violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause so long as the accommodations at issue were "separate, but equal." By overturning this doctrine, the Brown Court helped lay the ground for the civil rights movement and integration across the country.]]> 2022-11-01 18:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365403965 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365404249 2022-11-01 18:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365404249 Spoonful_Of_Ink https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365405852 United States Supreme Court case that involved the Texas Heartbeat Act, also known as Senate Bill 8 or SB8, a state law that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically six weeks into pregnancy]]> 2022-11-01 18:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365405852 Spoonful_Of_Ink https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365408942 A case in which the Court decided that evidence obtained illegally may not be used against someone in a court of law by the Fourth Amendment]]> 2022-11-01 18:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365408942 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365408970 Landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5-4, that burning the American Flag was protected speech under the First Amendment to the Constitution, as doing counts as symbolic speech and political speech. 

In this case, Activist Gregory Lee Johnson was fined $2,000 and sentenced to one year in jail in accordance with Texas law.]]> 2022-11-01 18:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365408970 CharlieFields https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365411259 Vega v. Tekoh | Oyez]]> 2022-11-01 18:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365411259 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365414336 This case related to the definition and function of (TCPA) to send unsolicited text messages. Noah Duguid filed this lawsuit because Facebook sent him numerous automated text messages without his consent.

In a unanimous decision based on statutory interpretation of the TCPA, the Supreme Court ruled that auto dialers are defined by their function to either store or produce telephone numbers from a random or sequential number generator.

]]> 2022-11-01 18:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365414336 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365414852 2022-11-01 18:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365414852 https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365416619 2022-11-01 18:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365416619 CharlieFields https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365421135 Mapp v. Ohio | Oyez]]> 2022-11-01 18:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365421135 Spoonful_Of_Ink https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365423346 the Supreme Court of the United States held that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed while under the age of 18.]]> 2022-11-01 18:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365423346 Spoonful_Of_Ink https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365425752 United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, due to violation of the First Amendment]]> 2022-11-01 18:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365425752 CharlieFields https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365432302 Egbert v. Boule | Oyez]]> 2022-11-01 18:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mikepayne/7ai7xmm11b4k/wish/2365432302