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Gregg v. Georgia, Proffitt v. Florida, Jurek v. Texas, Woodson v. North Carolina, and Roberts v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 153 (1976), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. It reaffirmed the Court's acceptance of the use of the death penalty in the United States, upholding, in particular, the death sentence imposed on Troy Leon Gregg. The ...
U.S. Const. amend. II; D.C. Code §§ 7-2502.02 (a) (4), 22–4504, 7–2507.02. District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms —unconnected with service in a ...
Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990) McConnell v. FEC (2003) (in part) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The court held 5–4 that the freedom of ...
Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832), was a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.
Editorial: Supreme Court ruling upends Founder Fathers' vision for America. A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on June 29, 2024. In the dark, war-scarred months after the issuance of ...
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1 (1831), was a United States Supreme Court case. The Cherokee Nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the U.S. state of Georgia depriving them of rights within its boundaries, but the Supreme Court did not hear the case on its merits.
As the Supreme Court explained in an 1847 decision, the police power “is not susceptible of an exact limitation.”. As “new and vicious indulgences” emerged, they required “restraints ...
"The Purdue Pharma decision from the Supreme Court could result in one of the most consequential bankruptcy decisions in over a decade," said George Singer, a partner at Holland & Hart. Alexis ...