Historic Supreme Court Decisions

Major End-of-Term Supreme Court Cases - League of Women Voters

On June 26, 2015, the Court issued a groundbreaking decision that ushered in marriage equality in the United States. Obergefell v. Hodges ...

Missouri Digital Heritage: Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857

In its 1857 decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black ...

the biggest cases this term and their outcomes | US supreme court

Court rules against Washington couple in foreign investment taxation case · Portrait of justice Alito Alito · Portrait of justice Barrett Barrett ...

Favorable views of Supreme Court remain near historic low

Following a term in which the Supreme Court made consequential rulings on presidential immunity, government regulation of business, ...

Supreme Court Cases That Have Shaped American Life - YouTube

Since the U.S. Supreme Court first assembled in 1790, it has ruled on tens of thousands of cases. The court's decisions have defined the ...

Supreme Court Decisions | GovInfo

The U.S. Air Force compiled and released this historic file of Supreme Court decisions from its FLITE ("Federal Legal Information Through ...

Supreme Court's Decision in Moore v. Harper Is a Win for ...

Harper, one of the most important democracy cases in the nation's history. ... In that case, the Supreme Court—in a narrow 5-4 decision ...

5 Historic Law Cases That Set Precedents - TestMax

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States, so its decisions are binding precedent not only for the lower federal courts but also for state ...

History of the Court: The Warren Court, 1953-1969

A by-court timeline of Supreme Court history — The Warren Court: Brown v. Board of Education decision, the cases of Robert Toth and Clarence Earl Gideon, ...

History of the Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia

History of the Supreme Court of the United States · Contents · The Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts (1789–1801) · The Marshall Court (1801–1835) · The Taney ...

United States Supreme Court Research: Landmark Cases

Contents: Baker v. Carr -- United States v. Nixon -- Deshaney v. Winnebago County -- Tape 2. Abington School District v. Schempp -- Edwards v.

History & the Constitution | Brennan Center for Justice

The Supreme Court increasingly says it is relying on history to resolve some of the most important constitutional questions of our time. But the Court's ...

Supreme Court | Gallup Historical Trends

As you know, our federal government is made up of three branches: an executive branch, headed by the president; a judicial branch, headed by the U.S. Supreme ...

Historic Supreme Court Decisions | Fox News

Historic Supreme Court Decisions · 1819 McCulloch vs. Maryland McCulloch vs. · 1824. Gibbons vs. Ogden Gibbons vs. · 1857. Dred Scott vs. Sanford

George Washington and the Supreme Court - Mount Vernon

John Jay as Chief Justice. Supreme Court Historical Society. Article III of the Constitution specifically called for a ...

U.S. Supreme Court: Civil Rights Cases, 1883

By an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the 1875 Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional. Neither the 13th or 14th amendments empowered Congress to pass ...

7 Important Supreme Court Cases - ThoughtCo

In 1803, the power of the judicial branch was more clearly defined with the landmark supreme court case Marbury v. Madison.

African-American Rights Movements: Legislation / Court Cases

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and ...

Takeaways from the Supreme Court's historic decision granting ...

The Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision Monday granting Donald Trump partial immunity from special counsel Jack Smith's election ...

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)

The United States Reports contain final decisions and opinions of the Court for a specific period in time/term that may also provide historical references for ...