Supreme Court of the United States: References & Edit History
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- major reference
- appointment by president
- architecture of building
- history of judicial activism
- impact of Lockwood
- interpretation of the Constitution
- Judge’s Act of 1925
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- Judiciary Act of 1801
- relations with Congress
- role of chief justice
- system of appeals
- In appeal
career of
- Blackmun
- Brennan
- Butler
- O’Connor
comparison with
- Federal Constitutional Court
- Supreme Court of Japan
influence on
constitutional law
- In constitutional law: Judicial review in the United States
- In constitutional law: Applications of judicial review
- In common law: Federal and state judicial systems
- amicus curiae
- attainder
- In attainder
- freedom of the press
- habeas corpus
- rights of privacy
- military law
- procedural law
- racial ideology
nominations by
- Bush, George
- Bush, George W.
- Reagan
- Trump
policies of Roosevelt
- Executive Order 9066
ProCon articles
- Senator Ron Wyden Introduces Court-Packing Bill
- U.S. Supreme Court debate
role in
- presidential election of 2000
- presidential election of 2020
- United States government
use of
- judicial restraint
- judicial review
- plea bargaining
- Tenth Amendment
views on
capital punishment
- lethal injection
- abortion
- In abortion
- academic freedom
- affirmative action
- Alaska’s Megan’s law
- alien status
- In alien
- American Indian tribal jurisdiction
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Amistad mutiny
- baseball
- biotechnology patents
- Bush adminstration and the Geneva Conventions
- campaign finance
- collective bargaining in universities
- corporations and elections
- criminal intention
- Defense of Marriage Act
- evidence gathering
- executive privilege
- federalism
- freedom of religion
- ghost guns
- immigration
- Jim Crow laws
- libel
- Military Commissions Act
- New Deal legislation
- obscenity
- organized labour
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America
- racial segregation
- same-sex marriage
- sentencing guidelines
- sexual harassment
- sexual-predator law
- single-sex universities
- teaching of evolution
- USA PATRIOT Act
- Voting Rights Act
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infographic added. | Dec 04, 2024 | ||
| Select decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court revised and updated. | Sep 18, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 11, 2024 | ||
| Cross-reference to the Britannica article “Major Supreme Court Cases from the 2023–24 Term” added. | Jun 28, 2024 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Official Site of the Supreme Court of the United States. | Nov 01, 2022 | ||
| In the U.S. Supreme Court justices table, closed out the term of Stephen G. Breyer and added Ketanji Brown Jackson. | Jun 30, 2022 | ||
| In the U.S. Supreme Court justices table, noted the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and added Amy Coney Barrett. | Dec 01, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 09, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 13, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 23, 2019 | ||
| In the U.S. Supreme Court justices table, added Brett Kavanaugh. | Oct 08, 2018 | ||
| In the U.S. Supreme Court justices tables, closed out the term of Anthony Kennedy. | Jul 31, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Courts - About the Supreme Court. | Nov 10, 2017 | ||
| In the U.S. Supreme Court justices table, added Neil Gorsuch. | Apr 10, 2017 | ||
| Article revised to note that Congress provided for the gradual reduction in the number of Supreme Court justices from 10 to seven in 1866 and that the number of serving justices reached eight before Congress increased the number to nine in 1869. | Aug 04, 2016 | ||
| In the U.S. Supreme Court justices table, closed out the term of Antonin Scalia. | Apr 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cornell University Law School - Historic Supreme Court Decisions. | Nov 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cornell University Law School - Historic Supreme Court Decisions. | Nov 24, 2014 | ||
| Added Elena Kagan to the table of U.S. Supreme Court justices. | Aug 10, 2010 | ||
| In the table of U.S. Supreme Court justices, closed out the term of John Paul Stevens. | Jun 29, 2010 | ||
| Added photograph of the members of the U.S. Supreme Court posing for a group picture at the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., 2009. | Apr 27, 2010 | ||
| Added table of select decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. | Apr 27, 2010 | ||
| Added Sonia Sotomayor to the table. | Aug 11, 2009 | ||
| David Souter retired on June 29, 2009. | Jul 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Adventure - Supreme Court of the United States. | Feb 13, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 08, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Supreme Court of the United States. | Jul 05, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 28, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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