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| Presidential blockade is constitutional because President possesses authority to suppress insurrection. |
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| Writ of habeas corpus is granted because military tribunals have no jurisdiction over citizens while US courts are open. |
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| Jurisdiction of military tribunal is constitutional because Quirin is an unlawful combatant who violated the laws of war. |
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| Korematsu v. United States |
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| Relocation of Japanese individuals is constitutional in order to protect US national security. |
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| U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Export |
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| Delegation of lawmaking authority to President is constitutional because the President is the sole organ of authority in foreign affairs. |
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| Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer |
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| Truman's seizure of steel mills is unconstitutional because presidential authority in foreign affairs does not extend into domestic arena. |
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| Indefinite detention of a US citizen as an enemy combatant is unconstitutional because citizens must be afforded opportunity to challenge status and detention. |
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| Hamdan's petition for writ of habeas corpus is granted because the use of military commissions to try civilians accused of conspiracy is unconstitutional. |
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| Maryland statute taxing the national bank is unconstitutional because bank was chartered under the Necessary and Proper Clause for Congress |
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| Congressional statute enforcing Migratory Bird Treaty is constitutional because of the Necessary and Proper Clause and states do not have exclusive control over the birds. |
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| Congressional statute regulating child labor is unconstitutional because it violates state police power under the Tenth Amendment. |
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| National League of Cities v. Usery |
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| Amendment to FLSA is unconstitutional because traditional governmental functions of states are exclusively governed by states. |
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| Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority |
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| Congressional statute (and action by Labor Department) is constitutional. National League of Cities v. Usery is overturned. |
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| New York v. United States |
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| Congressional statute requiring states to create their own waste disposal facilities is unconstitutional because federal government cannot compel state legislation. |
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| Lawsuit commenced by Chisholm allowed to proceed. States are not immune from individual suits. |
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| Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida |
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| Case by the Seminole Tribe is dismissed because states enjoy sovereign immunity from private lawsuits brought in federal court under the Eleventh Amendment. |
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| The federal permit supersedes state law because Congress possesses authority over interstate commerce and navigation is considered commerce. |
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| Federal action to prevent monopoly is invalid because manufacturing is not part of interstate commerce. |
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| Congressional statute regulating the meatpacking industry is constitutional because their stockyards are part of interstate commerce. |
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| Carter v. Carter Coal Co. |
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| Bituminous Coal Conservation Act is unconstitutional because production of coal is not part of interstate commerce. |
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| NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. |
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| The National Labor Relations Act is constitutional because manufacturing directly affects the stream of commerce which Congress may regulate. |
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| United States v. Darby Lumber |
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| Congressional statute is constitutional because Congress has authority to prohibit shipment of goods across states lines. Hammer v. Dagenhart is overturned. |
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| Congressional statute is constitutional because the overproduction of wheat intended for home use substantially affects interstate commerce. |
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| The Gun Free School Zone Act is unconstitutional because mere possession of a gun is not related to interstate commerce. |
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| United States v. Morrison |
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| The Violence Against Women Act is unconstitutional because Congress does not possess authority to regulate non-economic activities under the Commerce Clause. |
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| Application of federal statute prohibiting marijuana use is valid and supersedes state law. Consumption of marijuana for medicinal purposes is within authority of Congress to prohibit. |
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| Congressional statute banning interstate sale of lottery tickets is constitutional because commerce includes anything of monetary value and regulation includes power to prohibit. |
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| Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States |
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| Civil Rights Act of 1964 is constitutional because Congress has authority to prohibit racial discrimination under the Commerce Clause. |
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| Cooley v. Board of Wardens |
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| State law regulating use of harbor pilots is constitutional because Congress has chosen not to exercise its authority. |
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| Southern Pacific Railroad Co. v. Arizona |
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| State law regulating length of trains is unconstitutional because it substantially disrupts the free flow of interstate commerce. |
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| State law regulating out of state wine shipments is unconstitutional because it places a discriminatory burden on interstate commerce. |
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