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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: June 29
Planned Parenthood v. Casey , 505 U.S. 833 (decided June 29, 1992): Pennsylvania statute requiring spousal notice for abortion placed...

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Jun 29, 20253 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: June 28
McDonald v. City of Chicago , 561 U.S. 742 (decided June 28, 2010): Second Amendment right identified as to federally administrated areas...

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Jun 27, 20253 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: June 27
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt , 579 U.S. 582 (decided June 27, 2016): strikes down Texas requirement that doctors performing...

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Jun 27, 20254 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: June 26
Obergefell v. Hodges , 576 U.S. 644 (decided June 26, 2015): bans on same-sex marriage violate Equal Protection (ruling on various cases...

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Jun 26, 20253 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: June 25
Shelby County v. Holder , 570 U.S. 529 (decided June 25, 2013): preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 can no longer be...

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Jun 24, 20253 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: June 24
“Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin I” , 570 U.S. 297 (decided June 24, 2013): all race based factors in college admissions are...

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Jun 23, 20253 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: June 23
Kelo v. City of New London , 545 U.S. 469 (decided June 23, 2005): eminent domain power can be used to condemn homeowners’ property and...

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Jun 23, 20253 min read
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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Jun 21, 20253 min read
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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Jun 20, 20253 min read
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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Jun 19, 20254 min read
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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Jun 19, 20252 min read
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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Jun 17, 20252 min read
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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Jun 16, 20252 min read
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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Jun 16, 20253 min read
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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Jun 15, 20253 min read
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 14, 20254 min read
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 13, 20253 min read
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 12, 20252 min read
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 10, 20252 min read
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 9, 20252 min read
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