Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court VI

by Harrison, Maureen; Gilbert, Steve

• ISBN13: 9781880780213
• ISBN10: 1880780216
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Createspace

Summary

Provides summaries of a variety of major Supreme Court decisions

Table of Contents

The Aaron Burr Conspiracy	1	(16)
Chief Justice John Marshall
Was It Treason?
The Bollman-Swartwout Case
The Dartmouth College Case	17	(26)
Chief Justice John Marshall
Daniel Webster Defends His Alma Mater
The Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Women's Work	43	(10)
Justice David Brewer
Louis Brandeis Fights For Working Women's Rights
Muller v. Oregon
The ``Sick Chicken'' Case	53	(14)
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes
The Supreme Court Strikes Down FDR's New Deal
Schecter Poultry v. United States
The Right To Keep And Bear Arms	67	(8)
Justice James McReynolds
The ``Sawed-Off Shotgun'' Case
United States v. Jack Miller
The Law Of War	75	(24)
Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
Justice Frank Murphy
A Japanese War Criminal Appeals His Death Sentence
In The Matter Of General Tomoyuki Yamashita
Un-American Activities	99	(38)
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Justice Tom Clark
``Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party?''
John T. Watkins v. United States
One Person, One Vote	137	(16)
Chief Justice Earl Warren
All Voters Are Created Equal
Reynolds v. SIMMs
The Constitution And The Right to Die	153	(26)
Chief Justice William Rehnquist
Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Law
Washington State v. Glucksberg New York State v. Quill
The Presidential Line Item Veto	179	(10)
Justice John Paul Stevens
A Challenge To A New Presidential Power
President William J. Clinton v. The City of New York
The United States Constitution	189	(28)
Bibliography	217	(4)
Index	221