Articles and Amendments
Where do the first ten amendments come from?
The Bill of Rights
In this case, the court declared that section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional and violated the Supremacy Clause stated in Article VI; the act violated the express words of appellate jurisdiction for the mandamus set in Article III.
Marbury v. Madison
In re Neagle
Expand. President without congressional action has the authority to issue an executive order through the AG to authorize the protection of a Supreme Court justice.
Judges interpret the constitution by determining what the original Framers had in mind when they wrote it
Original Intent
Case that Ginsburg did not "respectfully" dissent
Bush v. Gore
Article I, II, and III
Article 1- Legislature
Article 2- Executive
Article 3- Judiciary
The Political Question Doctrine
Baker v. Carr
Clinton v. City of New York
Limit. Line item veto violates Article I Section 7 Clause 2 (the presentment clause) of the Constitution.
The Constitution as a malleable document
"Produce the body"
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Where is the Commerce Clause located in the Constitution?
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
Case that says Congress has the power to charter a national bank
McCulloch v. Maryland
United States v. Nixon
Limits. President does not have absolute immunity to give him the right to not turn over tapes that have been subpoenaed by a court of law.
The word-for-word text of the Constitution should be one's guide
Textualism
Who was David Neagle?
Where is the provision of the American Constitution allowing Congress to limit the appellate powers granted to the US Supreme Court?
Exception Clause, Article 3
Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional
McCulloch v. Maryland
Clinton v. Jones
Limit. President is not immune from private law suits while in office.
What are the three models of Supreme Court decision-making?
Attitudinal, Legal, Strategic
Who was Francis Crowley?
Involved with the hearings "Communist Methods of Infiltration (Education)." Named Barenblatt as a member of a Communist Party club while in college. Barenblatt v. United States (1959)
"nor shall any State ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause
Case we discussed about the Voting Rights Act of 1965
What is South Carolina v. Katzenbach?
Myers v. United States
Expand. President has the sole power to remove a person he has appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Four justices are self-proclaimed originalists. Name one of the four.
Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett
Case about the Teapot Dome Scandal
What is McGrain v. Daugherty?