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The phrase substantive due process was not used until the 20th century, but the concept arguably existed in the 19th century. The idea was a way to import natural law norms into the Constitution; prior to the American Civil War, the state courts were the site of the struggle.
no property right in Social Security benefits Boynton v. Virginia: 364 U.S. 454 (1960) Racial Segregation: Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago: 365 U.S. 43 (1961) required submission of films to rating boards is not necessarily unconstitutional Monroe v. Pape: 365 U.S. 167 (1961) municipalities cannot be held liable under the Civil Rights Act ...
Census figures adjusted for undercount based on sampling may not be used for Congressional apportionment: Holloway v. United States: 526 U.S. 1 (1999) federal carjacking statute applies to carjacking crimes committed by defendants with the "conditional intent" of harming drivers who resist the highjacker. Federal Republic of Germany v. United ...
Res gestae (Latin: "things done") is a term found in substantive and procedural American jurisprudence and English law. In American substantive law, it refers to the period of a felony from start-to-end. In American procedural law, it refers to a former exception to the hearsay rule for statements made spontaneously or as part of an act.
The existence of a remedy for the violation is implied from the importance of the right that is violated. United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 407 U.S. 297 (1972) Government officials must obtain a warrant before beginning electronic surveillance even if domestic security issues are involved. The ...
A U.S. ambassador for War Crimes Issues to the UN Security Council said to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that because the Rome Statute requires only one nation to submit to the ICC, and that this nation can be the country in which an alleged crime was committed rather than defendant's country of origin, U.S. military personnel and ...
June: the records of 21.5 million people, including social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, fingerprints, and security clearance-related information, are stolen from the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). [100] Most of the victims are employees of the United States government and unsuccessful applicants to it.
In order for a person to be found guilty of this crime, the evidence must prove that the defendant uttered a profanity (the act) in a public place (the contextual attendant circumstance) with the intention of provoking a violent reaction (the mental element demonstrating the right type of culpability) and thereby causes a breach of the peace ...