The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent and surprising voting rights decision overshadowed another civil rights victory that same day, a…
On May 24, 1937, the Supreme Court decided in two separate but related cases that the Social Security Act of 1935 was…
A group of commercial fishing companies soon will have the opportunity to persuade the Supreme Court of the United States to do…
Thomas McKean was a President before George Washington and supported judicial review before John Marshall. But today, McKean is…
On March 10, 1848, the Senate approved a treaty that led to California and much of the Southwest joining the United States. But…
On March 2, 1824, the Supreme Court ruled in Gibbons v. Ogden, holding that Congress may regulate interstate commerce.
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