Events Tagged: "Supreme Court"

Sturges v. Crowninshield - U.S. Supreme Court upholds state bankruptcy laws in absence of federal law

Tomato declared legally vegetable by U.S. Supreme Court - Nix v. Hedden case about tariffs, though botanically fruit

Supreme Court Justice Holmes: 'The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the Fallopian tubes' (Buck v. Bell)

Everson v. Board of Education - Supreme Court 'pitched God out of school on His ear entirely'

Engel v. Vitale - Verbal prayer ruled unconstitutional even if voluntary

Roe v. Wade - Supreme Court admits no explicit privacy right but claims to discover it