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Martin v. Hunter's Lessee — Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 12, 1816 Decided March 20 … Wikipedia
Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants = Fairfax s Devisee v. Hunter s Lessee ArgueDate = ArgueYear = DecideDate = February 27 DecideYear = 1813 FullName = Fairfax s Devisee v. Hunter s Lessee USVol = 11 USPage = 603 Citation = Prior = Subsequent =… … Wikipedia
Bricker Amendment — wikisourceThe Bricker Amendment is the collective name of a series of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution considered by the United States Senate in the 1950s. These amendments would have placed restrictions on the scope and… … Wikipedia
Nullification (U.S. Constitution) — Nullification is a legal theory that a State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. The theory is based on a view that the States formed the Union by an agreement (or compact ) among … Wikipedia
Preamble to the United States Constitution — We the People redirects here. For other uses, see We the People (disambiguation). United States of America This artic … Wikipedia
Joseph Story — Infobox Judge name = Joseph Story imagesize = caption = office = Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court termstart = February 3 1812 termend = September 10 1845 nominator = James Madison appointer = predecessor = William Cushing… … Wikipedia
Compact theory — is a theory relating to the development of some federal constitutions. Contents 1 Compact theory in the United States 2 Compact theory in Canada 3 See also 4 … Wikipedia
Jurisdiction stripping — Constitutional Law of the United States of America The constitutional structure Civil Rights · Federalism Executive branch · Separation of powers Legislative branch · Judiciary … Wikipedia
Story, Joseph — born Sept. 18, 1779, Marblehead, Mass., U.S. died Sept. 10, 1845, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. jurist. After graduating from Harvard University, he practiced law in Salem, Mass. (1801–11) and served in the state legislature and U.S. Congress (1805–11).… … Universalium
Cohens v. Virginia — ▪ law case (1821), U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court reaffirmed its right to review all state court judgments in cases arising under the federal Constitution or a law of the United States. The Judiciary Act of 1789 provided for… … Universalium
