Landmark Cases & Legal Concepts

Vanessa Guillen Case: How the Act Reformed Military Law

US v. Lopez: Commerce Clause Limits and Later Cases

Mellouli v. Lynch: Deportation and the Categorical Approach

Martin v. City of Boise: Ruling, Reversal, and What Remains

Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven and the Inverse Ratio Rule

Colorado vs. Nebraska: Supreme Court Refusal and Thomas’s Dissent

Constance Baker Motley’s Role in Brown v. Board of Education

The Dendrite Test: Four Prongs for Unmasking Online Speakers

Gregg v. Georgia: Reinstating the Death Penalty and Its Safeguards

The Innis Standard: Functional Equivalent of Interrogation