First Amendment
The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment protects this right, so long as the practice does not run afoul of "public morals" or a "compelling" governmental interest.
What is the practice of religion?
A prisoner may challenge their method of execution under this constitutional amendment
What is the Eighth Amendment?
This standard of review is often seen in administrative law, and authorizes the court to set aside agency action if it is found to be "___________."
What is arbitrary and capricious?
This doctrine holds that courts should not defer to agency statutory interpretations that concern questions of vast economic or political significance.
What is the major questions doctrine?
A state may not constitutionally limit the scope of tuition assistance to exclude attendees of religious private schools under this recent case
What is Carson v. Makin?
This landmark case refused to interpret the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as extending to abortion.
What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org.?
This pending case brought by 6 different states will consider whether the student loan debt relief program exceeds the Secretary of Education's statutory authority.
What is Biden v. Nebraska?
The pending case of Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer will consider whether the plaintiff has the right to "test" this civil rights law.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
This case held that a school district unconstitutionally burdened an employee's rights under the First Amendment by suspending him for his personal religious observance on the school's football field.
What is Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.?
In this case, a Georgia prisoner sought death by firing squad in contrast to the state's method of lethal injection.
What is Nance v. Ward?
Similar in name to Brown v. Board of Education, this case will consider whether two student loan borrowers have standing the challenge the student debt relief plan.
What is Dept. of Education v. Brown?
The Court may redefine this phrase or term of the Clean Water Act to exclude adjacent wetlands.
What is "waters of the United States"?
The Supreme Court held that a provision of this statute—which limits the amount of post-election contributions that may be used to repay a candidate loan—unconstitutionally infringes on free speech.
What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act?
This justice authored the majority opinion in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Who is Justice Alito?
The Court held that this agency went beyond what Congress tasked it to regulate in the enabling statute when it implemented a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
This case arguably limited the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
What is West Virginia v. EPA?
These three justices dissented in the First Amendment cases of Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist., FEC v. Cruz, and Carson v. Makin.
Who are Justice Breyer, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan?
A state's law requiring that applicants for unrestricted concealed carry license show a "___________" for self-defense is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.
What is a special need?
Biden v. Texas held that the government's rescission of this policy did not violate Section 1225 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
What is the Remain in Mexico policy (officially Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP))?
This statute was interpreted by the Court to ban on tribal lands those gambling activities also banned in Texas.
What is the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act?