Best Supreme Court ruling

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Pollock vs Farmers' Loan and Trust Company

[A18]

Hard to say. I can't remember the Supreme Court doing anything right, but I haven't really studied it.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Griswold vs. Connecticut
Lawrence vs. Texas

[The Duke]

Griswold vs. Connecticut
Lawrence vs. Texas

Only people who hate the Constitution support Griswold v. Connecticut.

The best ever was Bush v. Gore.

[A18]

Bush v. Gore

Ah, yes, I forgot about that one.

[Lunar]

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While I support the ruling, the huge amount of partisanship should prevent anyone from admiring it.

[Lunar]

Landmark ones I like quite a bit:

Texas v. Johnson - Law prohibiting burning of the American flag is unconstitutional as violating the First Amendment
Reno v. ACLU - The Commmunications Decency Act, regulating certain content on the Internet, is so overbroad as to be an unconstutional restraint on the 1st Amendment.
New York Times v. United States - Government's desire to keep so-called "Pentagon Papers" classified is insufficient to overcome 1st Amendment hurdle.
Lawrence v. Texas
Katz v. United States -  Evidence obtained by wiretaping a public phonebooth without a warrant is not amissible in court, just as if a private phone line had been eavesdropped.
Hurley v. Irish American Gay Group of Boston - excluding a gay group from a public parade merely because the state doesn't like their opinion is unconstitutional.
Cohen v. California - One should not be convicted for wearing a jacket in a courtroom emblazoned with the phrase "Fudge the Draft" (in the Vietnam war context), as this is communication, protected by the free speech clause of the 1st Amendment.
Mapp v. Ohio - Evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the United States Constitution is inadmissible in a criminal trial in a state court.
Brown v. Board of Education - segregated schools in the several states are unconstitutional in violation of the14th Amendment, overturning Plessy.
Escobedo v. Illinois - a person in police custody has the right to speak to an attorney.

[Erc]

Dartmouth College v. Woodward is a big one that comes to mind...

[nclib]

Some of my favorites...

Griswold vs. Connecticut - legalized birth control
Roe vs. Wade - legalized abortion
Lawrence vs. Texas - overturned sodomy laws
Tinker vs. Des Moines - gave students free speech rights
United States vs. Virginia - VMI has to admit women
Texas v. Johnson - Law prohibiting burning of the American flag is unconstitutional as violating the First Amendment
Reno v. ACLU - The Commmunications Decency Act, regulating certain content on the Internet, is so overbroad as to be an unconstutional restraint on the 1st Amendment.
Mapp v. Ohio - Evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the United States Constitution is inadmissible in a criminal trial in a state court.
Brown v. Board of Education - segregated schools in the several states are unconstitutional in violation of the14th Amendment, overturning Plessy.

[The Duke]

I like how nclib focuses only on outcomes, not on legal principles established or upheld.  That is SO "activist judge" in its thinking.

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US vs Virginia was a horrible decision. Are you a communist NCLib?

[A18]

Yes, he is.

[nclib]

US vs Virginia was a horrible decision. Are you a communist NCLib?

Due you oppose the ruling based on constitutional principles or do you support VMI policy of not admitting women?

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US vs Virginia was a horrible decision. Are you a communist NCLib?

Due you oppose the ruling based on constitutional principles or do you support VMI policy of not admitting women?

I support the VMI Policy.

[nclib]

Also, Loving vs. Virginia.

[WalterMitty]

us vs. virginia was the right decision.  great ruling.

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us vs. virginia was the right decision.  great ruling.

 

How do you figure? Why should schools be forced to go co-ed? Especially when the woman fails out. What a joke.

[J. J.]

Pollock vs Farmers' Loan and Trust Company

Correct, but superseded.

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Pollock vs Farmers' Loan and Trust Company

Correct, but superseded.

I don't recognize constitutional amendments which are passed under questionable means.

[A18]

What constitutional amendment superseded it?

And States, what constitutional amendments do you recognize?

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What constitutional amendment superseded it?

And States, what constitutional amendments do you recognize?

The 16th is the main one I have the most problems with. As I believe it was not properly ratified.

http://political-resources.com/taxes/16thamendment/default.htm

Their are dozens of pages on the subject but I don't feel like linking them all.

**This is a good one as well http://www.rense.com/general/abreaktax.htm

[A18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brushaber_v._Union_Pacific_Railroad

Wikipedia says about that same Supreme Court ruling: Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the court upheld the federal income tax of the United States by stating that the 16th Amendment prevented the re-characterization of a tax on income from the class of indirect taxes to which it inherently belonged to that of direct taxes by considering the source of the income. The decision was handed down on January 24, 1916.

[J. J.]

What constitutional amendment superseded it?

And States, what constitutional amendments do you recognize?

The 16th is the main one I have the most problems with. As I believe it was not properly ratified.

http://political-resources.com/taxes/16thamendment/default.htm

Their are dozens of pages on the subject but I don't feel like linking them all.

**This is a good one as well http://www.rense.com/general/abreaktax.htm

No, not even close.  The "errors" are not substantive.

Here is the actual list:

Alabama, August 10, 1909; Kentucky, February 8, 1910; South Carolina, February 19, 1910; Illinois, March 1, 1910; Mississippi, March 7, 1910; Oklahoma, March 10, 1910; Maryland, April 8, 1910; Georgia, August 3, 1910; Texas, August 16, 1910; Ohio, January 19, 1911; Idaho, January 20, 1911; Oregon, January 23, 1911; Washington, January 26, 1911; Montana, January 30, 1911; Indiana, January 30, 1911; California, January 31, 1911; Nevada, January 31, 1911; South Dakota, February 3, 1911; Nebraska, February 9, 1911; North Carolina, February 11, 1911; Colorado, February 15, 1911; North Dakota, February 17, 1911; Kansas, February 18, 1911; Michigan, February 23, 1911; Iowa, February 24, 1911; Missouri, March 16, 1911; Maine, March 31, 1911; Tennessee, April 7, 1911; Arkansas, April 22, 1911 (after having rejected it earlier); Wisconsin, May 26, 1911; New York, July 12, 1911; Arizona, April 6, 1912; Minnesota, June 11, 1912; Louisiana, June 28, 1912; West Virginia, January 31, 1913; New Mexico, February 3, 1913.

Ratification was completed on February 3, 1913.

The amendment was subsequently ratified by Massachusetts, March 4, 1913; New Hampshire, March 7, 1913 (after having rejected it on March 2, 1911).

http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst/amend.html

[muon2]

Most (if not all) of the rulings cited in earlier postings on this thread would not have existed without Marbury v. Madison (1803). That ruling define the SCOTUS' ability to curtail government by declaring acts of Congress or the President unconstitutional. I don't always agree with where that power has led, but I appreciate having the additional check on the other branches.

[WalterMitty]

us vs. virginia was the right decision.  great ruling.

 

How do you figure? Why should schools be forced to go co-ed? Especially when the woman fails out. What a joke.

haha.  well im *sure* no men ever flunk out of vmi.  any school that gets state money should not be allowed to discriminate.  period.