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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: May 23
Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173 (decided May 23, 1991): Congress can prohibit family planning agencies receiving federal funds from...

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May 23, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 22
TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group, 581 U.S. --- (decided May 22, 2017): patent suit must be brought in defendant’s state of...

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May 22, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 21
Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (decided May 21, 2007): mere allegation of parallel conduct insufficient to state an antitrust...

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May 21, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 20
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht, 587 U.S. --- (decided May 20, 2019): drug manufacturer liable under state law failure to warn...

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May 20, 20233 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 19
In re Whittington, 391 U.S. 341 (decided May 19, 1968): judge’s determination of juvenile as “delinquent” and therefore commitable to...

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May 19, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 18
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (decided May 18, 1896): the notorious “separate but equal” decision: segregated train cars are not...

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May 18, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 17
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (decided May 17, 1954): “separate is inherently unequal”, invalidating on Equal...

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May 17, 20233 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 16
California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (decided May 16, 1988): police can search garbage left out by the curb without a warrant Mutual Life...

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May 16, 20233 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 15
United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (decided May 15, 1939:) Second Amendment guarantees only right to keep and bear arms in...

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May 15, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 14
Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677 (decided May 14, 1973): gender is a “suspect class” so any discrimination subject to “strict...

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May 14, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 13
Apple v. Pepper, 587 U.S. --- (decided May 13, 2019): purchasers of apps at App Store are direct purchasers and therefore can sue Apple...

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May 13, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 12
Rhode Island v. Innis, 446 U.S. 291 (decided May 12, 1980): armed robbery defendant, after being given Miranda warnings and riding in...

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May 12, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 11
Smith v. Texas, 233 U.S. 630 (decided May 11, 1914): Texas statute restricting employment as a conductor to those who have already been...

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May 11, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 10
Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (decided May 10, 1886): Fourteenth Amendment violated by ordinance allowing denial without recourse of...

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May 10, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 9
Andersen v. United States, 170 U.S. 481 (decided May 9, 1898): upholding conviction of sailor for shooting crewmember and pushing him...

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May 9, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 8
United States v. Ju Toy, 198 U.S. 253 (decided May 8, 1905): Chinese national applying for admission to U.S. not entitled to judicial...

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May 8, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 7
Kelly v. United States, 590 U.S. — (decided May 7, 2020): the famous “blocked lanes on the GW Bridge” case which did such political...

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May 7, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 6
United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., 310 U.S. 150 (decided May 6, 1940): important antitrust case which holds that price fixing...

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May 6, 20233 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 5
Town of Greece v. Galloway, 572 U.S. 565 (decided May 5, 2014): opening town board meetings with almost inevitably Christian prayer...

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May 5, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: May 4
Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (decided May 4, 2009): immigrant gave employer fake green card but the number on it ...

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May 4, 20232 min read
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