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ACD TEST 3
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Aerospace Engineering
1st Grade
04/29/2013

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Term

Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer

 

Definition

SD fed policy


vinson court

 

Did the President have the constitutional authority to seize and operate the steel mills? - no

 

 



Term

Pennsylvania v. Nelson

Definition

upheld fed policy



warren court

 

 

Did the Smith Act (fed) supersede enforcement of Pennsylvania's sedition law? - yes

 

 

 


 

 

Term

Baker v. Carr

 

Definition

 Upheld fed policy




Did the Supreme Court have jurisdiction over questions of legislative apportionment?- yes


(tax payers standing case)

 

 

warren court

Term

Flast v. Cohen

Definition

- SD fed policy

 

 

 

it established 2 requirements to have taxpayer standings!

 

facts: no finance for books for religious schools

 

Did Flast, as a taxpayer, have standing to sue the government's spending program? - no




warren court

 

Term

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.

 

Definition

- Upheld fed policy


upheld civil rights act



it affected interstate commerce, travelers being discriminated on



warren court

Term

Williamson v. Lee Optical

 

Definition

- Upheld state policy



- eye wear license, in oklahoma u cant make eye products if u dont have it.


Did the Oklahoma law violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? - no



"modern substantive due proces"

 

Term

U.S. v. Kahringer

 

Definition

- Upheld fed policy





tax issue, gamblers had to register with the collector of internal revenue.



 

Did the Act violate the Fifth and Tenth Amendments? - No


warren court


 

 

Term

Powell v. McCormack

 

Definition

SD fed policy




May the House of Representatives exclude a duly elected member if the member has satisfied the standing requirements of age, citizenship and residence as articulated in Article I Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution? - no



warren court





(congress privileges)

 

Term

New York Times v. U.S.

 

Definition

- SD fed policy




president cant use prior restrain, because it has to meet certain qualitficastions. Nixon president



burger court

Term

U.S. v. U.S. District Court

Definition

- SD fed policy

 

did the wire tappings violate the 4th amendment? - YES

 

 

 

burger court

Term

Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff

Definition

UPHELD fed policy

 

facts: hawaii takes land to build a public use

 

Did the Land Reform Act of 1967 violate the Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment? - NO, because it was a public use.



takings case!!

 

Term

Gravel v. U.S.

 

Definition

- SD fed policy



facts: pentagon papers in publishing them, they wanted to sub poena his aide

 

Did the subpoena of Senator Gravel's aide violate the Speech and Debate Clause of Article I of the Constitution? - YES


 

Term

U.S. v. Nixon

 

Definition
SD fed policy
Term

Bowsher v. Synar

 

Definition

SD fed policy




if spending exceed, he can decide cuts


did the function assigned by congress violation of seperation of power? - YES






burger court

Term

Allied Structural Steel v. Spannus

 

Definition

- SD state policy




facts: minnesota law require that private employers fire their employees.pension plans protected by state

 

Did Minnesota's Private Pension Benefits Protection Act violate the Contract Clause of the Constitution? - YES

 

 

contracts case

 

burger court case

Term

Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of N.Y.

Definition

- Upheld state policy





penn wanted to add a building on top of the central station, and NY didnt want this, so did the state "take" this? - NO u cant build THAT.


takings case.

burger court.

Term

Keystone Bituminous Coal v. DeBendectis

 

Definition

- Upheld state policy




the state passes law regulating underground coal minding that damages strucutres.


was there a taking in this contract clause? - NO



burger court.

Term

Pacific Gas and Electric v. State Energy and Conservation Commission

 

Definition

upheld state policy

 

 

california required to have space for nuclear power(rods)

 

did this violate this federal act? NO.

Term
Alden v. Maine
Definition
SD fed policy



probation officers, the state of maine violated the fair labor standards act.


may congress repeal a states sovereign immmunity in private in its own courts - NO



burger court

Term
National League of Cities v. Usery
Definition
SD fed policy


congress passes a previous law to regulate over time for state and federal employees


can congress regulate employment in the states? - No



burger court

Term
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Definition
- Upheld fed policy


SA was trying to say they were exempt from being taxes since they provided a government service, but they were not.



last burger court


Term
Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising
Definition
- SD state policy



N.C passes law that changes ways that apples can be distrubuted in the state. Washington state brings suit and says the law is discriminatory. because it affects interstate commerce



N.C cant do this, cuz it does affect interstate commerce.



burger court.

Term
I.N.S. v. Chadha
Definition
- SD fed policy



congress authorized the house or senate to suspend deportation ruling, house votes without a record


did the immmigration act violate seperation of powers? - YES.

Term
South Dakota v. Dole
Definition
Upheld fed policy



drinking age is 21, states want to make drinking age 21. by doing this and holding funds is the state violate 21st amendment? - NO



rehnquist

Term
Morrison v. Olson
Definition
- Upheld fed policy


a federal act created a special court that allowed the attorney general to prosecute government officials for criminal laws


did this violate the seperation of powers? - No

Term
Mistretta v. U.S
Definition
Upheld fed policy



commission assigned to attack discrepencies in sentencing by federal court judges, felons said that this violated the delegation powers... did it? - No

Term
U.S. Term Limits v. Thorton-
Definition
SD state policy



 Arkansas law wanted to pass term limits, does this violate qualifications clause? - Yes

Term
Oregon Waste Systems v. Department of Environmental Quality of State of Oregon



Definition
- SD state policy



discriminaiton commerce case, oregon was putting a charge on waste, does this violate the commerce clause?  YES!

Term
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Authority
Definition
SD state policy


Takings case.


a man buys two lots to build houses in S.C and S.C says u cant buildon that property. Did a taking a occur? - yes

Term
Kelo v. City of New London
Definition
Upheld state policy



takings case.


the city takes land and sells it to a developer to build a mall for public use. Can the state take land for public purposes? - YES

Term
U.S. v. Lopez
Definition
SD fed policy



kid brings a gun to school, originally charged with a state then he gets federal. does it affect the commerce clause and the gun law? YES


Because a posession is not an economic activity.

Term
U.S. v. Morrison-
Definition
SD fed policy


rape case of college football players raped a woman, 1 got punished and 1 didnt.


double jeopardy. womens act, since this was a state institution, state has to provide the remedy.

Term
Print v. U.S.-
Definition
SD state/fed policy


local officers were required to perform backround checks in gun searches.


under the necessary and proper clause can congress require states to regulate handguns? - NO

Term
Clinton v. Jones
Definition
SD fed policy



presidents cant be imune from civil law suits. you cant delay it.

Term
Granhom v. Heald
Definition
SD state policy


interstate wine law, michigan and NY laws allowed finaries to ship alcohol in state, but not let other states.


did this affect interstate commerce? yes



Term
Gonzales v. Reich
Definition
Upheld fed policy


Mexican marihuana. california passes law for medical use of it.



does federal policy exceed state power? - yes

Term
Clinton v. New York
Definition
SD fed policy


line item veto, president cant do it. it violates what this clause.


rehnquist cant do it. u either accep the whole bill or not accept it at all. all or nothing

Term
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Definition
upheld fed policy


president war powers

U.S citizen was arrested fighting with taliban  and hes caught and declared enemy combatant and was transported to the U.S


he got a military tribunal


did the government violate the due process clause? Yes


he had the right to challenge.

Term
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
Definition
SD fed policy


bin ladens chauffer

 

May the rights protected by the Geneva Convention be enforced in federal court through habeas corpus petitions? Was the military commission established to try Hamdan and others for alleged war crimes in the War on Terror authorized by the Congress or the inherent powers of the President?


yes G.C can be upheld, trial was illegal

 

Term
Boudmienne v. Bush
Definition
SD fed policy

congress passes the military comissions act whch disallows courts to hear habeaus corpus from detainees that are declared enemy combatants


Term
Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation
Definition
Upheld fed policy


bush passes an act that allows government to give funding to religious organizations to do fund raising through religious based needs.to give fund for community functions.


are tax payers involved? - No



they cant do this because its related to flast.

Term
Zivotofsky v.  Clinton.
Definition

struckdown

 

regulation of passports was not of political question

US does not recognize jerusalem as the capital.

 

 

 

roberts case

Term
Arizona Christian School v. Winn,
Definition
upheld
Term
NFIB v. Sebelius

Definition
upheld
Term
U.S. v. Comstock
Definition

upheld fed

 

 

convicted sex offenders. child walsh act. congress had the power to do this.

Term
United Haulers v. Oneida
Definition
upheld fed
Term
Katz v. Central Virginia Community College
Definition

UPheld state

 

were states immune to bankruptcy ? No

 

strikes down state sovereign immunity.

Term
U.S. v. Causby
Definition
struckdown fed policy
Term
vinson
Definition

just had 2 cases in his court, both strikedowns

 

 

only c.j to serve in 3 branches

under truman and served 7 years

 

Term
warren
Definition

his 1st case is bernan v paker (takings case)

uphold because it was for a public good

 

thought Baker v carr was his important case

 

 

increases the notion tax payers standing

and ability to bring suits



ex. william v lee optical

 

 

 

 

 

appointed eisenhower, baker was his best, korematsu worst decision

sided with majority, was related to Taft on how court operates

left job as c.j

 

Term
burger
Definition

most cases 17 years of service.

 

restricting and limiting executive power.

prior restraint violation of nixon

 

limits federal power

 

limits what a "takings" really is, expanding area of permissible

 

 

 

working class. another justices best man. fought racial discrimination. practiced court of appeals

Term
rehnquist
Definition

lopez-hamdi

 

1.guns arent commerce

2. limited tax payer standing

3. limits executive powers

 

 

half functional, half formalist

 

 

 

midwest.outstanding law student of his generatio

wrote memo for jackson about plessy.

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