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Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart: 563 U.S. 247 (2011) Eleventh Amendment • sovereign immunity • federal action by state agency against state officials for federal law violation • Supremacy Clause • Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 • Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home, and that the District of Columbia's handgun ban and requirement that lawfully owned rifles ...
"2000 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on February 2, 2002 "2000 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on December 15, 2001 "2000 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States.
Antonin Scalia’s disastrous ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller created a constitutional Frankenstein, historian writes. Replace Second Amendment with one that makes sense in the blood ...
Scalia dissented from the Court's decision to vacate a lower court's decision and remand for further consideration in light of the Court's decision in Jimenez v. Quarterman . Scalia objected that, as Jimenez was decided more than two months prior to the lower court's decision under review, there was no basis for treating Jimenez as an ...
Those seeking justice for what they perceive as workplace discrimination due to the fact that they're either female or gay often file lawsuits -- whether as an individual or in the form of a class ...
Heller, which found an individual right to own a firearm under the Second Amendment. Scalia traced the word "militia", found in the Second Amendment, as it would have been understood at the time of its ratification, stating that it then meant "the body of all citizens". [114] The Court upheld Heller's claim to own a firearm in the District. [114]
Navajo Nation • Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act of 1950 • Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 • failure of Secretary of Interior to promptly approve tribal coal lease royalty rate increase Unanimous