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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: June 22
Jacobellis v. Ohio , 378 U.S. 184 (decided June 22, 1964): The obscenity case wherein Potter Stewart says, “I know it when I see it.” He...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 21
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents , 403 U.S. 388 (decided June 21, 1971): federal officials can be sued for violation of Constitutional...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 20
Atkins v. Virginia , 536 U.S. 304 (decided June 20, 2002): executing intellectually disabled people (I think that’s the term for it now)...

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2 days ago4 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 19
Mapp v. Ohio , 367 U.S. 643 (decided June 19, 1961): exclusionary rule for evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment applies...

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3 days ago2 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 18
Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans , 576 U.S. 200 (decided June 18, 2015): Texas can refuse request to put Confederate battle flag on...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 17
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia , 593 U.S. 522 (decided June 17, 2021): Free Exercise Clause prevented City from requiring placement...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 16
Bigelow v. Virginia , 421 U.S. 809 (decided June 16, 1975): with abortion now legal with Roe v. Wade , State can’t criminalize...

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6 days ago3 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 15
Bostock v. Clayton County , 590 U.S. 644 (decided June 15, 2020): Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits firing an employee for...

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Today in Supreme Court History: June 14
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette , 319 U.S. 624 (decided June 14, 1943): explicitly overrules Minersville v. Gobitis ,...

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Jun 144 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 13
Miranda v. Arizona , 384 U.S. 436 (decided June 13, 1966): asking questions of detained witness without advising of right to remain...

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Jun 133 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 12
Loving v. Virginia , 388 U.S. 1 (decided June 12, 1967): striking down on Equal Protection and (substantive) Due Process grounds...

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Jun 122 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 11
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah , 508 U.S. 520 (decided June 11, 1993): ordinance prohibiting killing of animal in...

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Jun 102 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 10
Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1 (decided June 10, 1968): allowed “stop and frisk” without warrant if suspicion of armed and involved in a...

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Jun 92 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 9
Carey v. Population Services Int’l , 431 U.S. 678 (decided June 9, 1977): statute prohibiting sale of non-prescription contraceptives,...

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Jun 93 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 8
Gitlow v. New York , 268 U.S. 652 (decided June 8, 1925): New York’s “criminal anarchy” statute (still on the books!) permissible despite...

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Jun 82 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 7
Griswold v. Connecticut , 381 U.S. 479 (decided June 7, 1965): Fourteenth Amendment violated by statute outlawing sale of contraceptives;...

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Jun 63 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 6
Gonzalez v. Raich , 545 U.S. 1 (decided June 6, 2005): Commerce Clause allows Congress to criminalize home grown cannabis even if state...

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Jun 62 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 5
Coleman v. Miller , 307 U.S. 433 (decided June 5, 1939): there is no time limit on states ratifying proposed Constitutional Amendments...

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Jun 52 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 4
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission , 584 U.S. 617 (decided June 4, 2018): First Amendment protected cakeshop...

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Jun 42 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 3
Hammer v. Dagenhart , 247 U.S. 251 (decided June 3, 1918): Interstate Commerce Clause did not authorize Congress to prohibit child labor...

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Jun 32 min read
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