Past Rulings

Below are all rulings made by the Supreme Court in the past, listed in chronological order:

• Fisher v. New Jersey (1854): Only men aged 21 or older are allowed to vote
• Blythe v. Georgia (1865): Segregation laws are constitutional
• Chester v. New York (1881): Taxes specific to certain groups are constitutional
• Virginia v. West Virginia (1882): The Creation of the state of West Virginia was Unconstitutional
• Hochunk v. Sioux (1884): The Creation of the state of Sioux was unconstitutional
• Morningstar v. Bate (1893): The Federal Agency of Prohibition must respect the rights of due process and habeas corpus.
• Morningstar v. United States (1907): The United States must provide compensation when nationalizing property even in territories or foreign land
• Ranches v. United States (1909): The Federal Government has no power to regulate the breaking up of unions.
• Calhoun Blythe v. Georgia (1910): Segregation is legal, but businesses do not have to follow it.
• Darrow v. Texas (1913): Chester v. New York is overturned. No state may levy taxes unequally unless not doing so would put its government or people at a "significant disadvantage".
• Mississippi v. McCarthy (1914): States can't remove ballot access for candidates who have legally achieved it.
• BMLC v. United States (1917): The Federal Government does not hold the authority to establish an income tax.
• Winton v. United States (1917): Freedom of Speech does not apply if language presents a clear and present danger to those around you.
• Debs v. Kennedy (1918): The Executive branch does not hold the authority to Levy Taxes or legislate.
• Anderson v. NHS (1920): The Universal Healthcare Act is constitutional, as are progressive income taxes.
• Anderson v. Anderson (1920): States may not re-appoint electors following election day.
• Greene v. Washoe (1928): States may designate terrorist groups, but may not infringe on freedom of speech of those groups.
• United States v. Pope (1929): Minimum Wage laws are constitutional, The Liberty of contract is not absolute and can be counteracted with a prevailing state interest.
• Lincoln v. United States (1934): Prohibition is unconstitutional
• Anderson Cannabis Co. v. Texas (1934): States must provide compensation for seized property, and may not impede interstate commerce.
• Oregon v. AIMT (1939): States may not levy unfair taxes on groups that they disagree with.
• NAAM v. Charleston (1939): The teaching of eugenics is constitutional in publicly run colleges and universities.
• Tate Chemical Co. v. Hochunk (1940): Calhoun Blythe v. Georgia is overturned, States can enforce segregation on private facilities, also all maximum working hour and minimum wage laws are unconstitutional.
• O'Hara v. Hopkins (1940): Congress has the authority to regulate anything with even a tangential relation to interstate commerce.
• Lattimore v. United States (1942): Although the President was not constitutionally granted the power to desegregate the federal government, the constitution demands that the federal government be desegregated.
• NRA v. United States (1942): The Explosives and Machine Gun Control Act of 1942 is constitutional, and the right to bare arms is not absolute.
• Von Bismarck v. New York (1944): the New York Private Army Prohibition Act passed by Governor Thomas Dewey is unconstitutional on the grounds that states do not have the power to regulate companies that operate beyond their borders
• Jehovah's Witness v. Texas (1944): Mandating the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, and providing a punishment, is unconstitutional
• Virginia v. West Virginia (1944): Both Virginia and West Virginia are in the wrong, and a referendum shall be held to decide the status of West Virginia
• Hanson v. New Brunswick (1947): States are beholden to the constitutional right to ensure that no one shall be force to endure cruel and unusual punishment.
• Blythe v. Board of Education 1949: School Segregation is unconstitutional
• Richardson v. Livingston (1954): "Breach of the Peace" and other such statutes can't be used to deprive people of their free expression or sixth amendment rights.
• Hochunk v. Methodist (1955): States are beholden to the establishment clause of Article 7 Section 1, and may not designate a state religion
• Goldstein v. Michigan (1960): States have the right to enact economic regulations, provided they do not directly conflict with established federal law or unduly hinder interstate commerce.
• Machiavelli v. Florida (1961): Fair apportionment is required for state districts to ensure equality under the law.
• Petersen v. United States (1961): All federal agency leaders must be able to be removed and appointed by the President.
• Voorhees v. Nieuw-Holland (1962): The recreation of flags is not protected under Article 7 Section 1 of the Constitution, affirming states' authority to license their flags as intellectual property in order to maintain their integrity and dignity.
• United States v. Maryland (1964): States may not pass laws that infringe on the operation of State-Owned enterprises, as it represents a form of nullification.
• Cantwell v. Texas (1965): An individual's interests in the free exercise of religion under the First Amendment outweighs a State's interests in compelling school attendance beyond the eighth grade.