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War Powers Clause: McCollum v. Board of Education: 333 U.S. 203 (1948) Separation of church and state, constitutionality of released time in public schools Shelley v. Kraemer: 334 U.S. 1 (1948) equal protection, racial covenants: United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. 334 U.S. 131 (1948) Hollywood studios monopoly Takahashi v. Fish and Game ...
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution, sometimes referred to as the War Powers Clause, vests in the Congress the power to declare war, in the following wording: [The Congress shall have Power ...] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water ...
The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law.
closing the local school and giving white students vouchers to attend schools outside of the county was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause Wilbur-Ellis Co. v. Kuther: 377 U.S. 422 (1964) extension of doctrine of repair and reconstruction to enhancement of device's function Reynolds v. Sims: Redistricting, malapportionment
Presidential war power United States v. Matlock: 415 U.S. 164 (1974) Fourth Amendment, search and seizure, "co-occupant consent rule" Morton v. Ruiz: 415 U.S. 199 (1974) Administrative law, Bureau of Indian Affairs improperly limited eligibility for general assistance benefits Johnson v. Robison: 415 U.S. 361 (1974)
And we have had recent occasion to quote approvingly the statement of former Chief Justice Hughes that the war power of the Government is "the power to wage war successfully". Hirabayashi v. United States, supra, at 93, and see Home Bldg. & L. Assn. v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398, 426. Therefore, the validity of action under the war power must be ...
Confronting a major constitutional issue of murky legislation that left the wars in Korea and Vietnam without official declarations of war, Congress quickly authorized sweeping war-making powers for Bush. [25] The leadership of George W. Bush during the War in Afghanistan and Iraq War achieved mixed results.