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Supreme Court of the United States 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Established March 4, 1789 ; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Composition method Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation Authorised by ...
Fong Yue Ting v. United States, 149 U.S. 698 (1893), decided by the United States Supreme Court on May 15, 1893, was a case challenging provisions in Section 6 of the Geary Act of 1892 that extended and amended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The provisions in question required Chinese in the United States to obtain certificates of residency ...
This is a list of cases before the United States Supreme Court that the Court has agreed to hear and has not yet decided. [1] [2] [3] Future argument dates are in parentheses; arguments in these cases have been scheduled, but have not, and potentially may not, take place.
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases: Ex parte Joins: 191 U.S. 93 (1903) Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. of Texas v. May: 194 U.S. 267 (1904) 14th Amendment permits law which penalizes railroads for allowing weeds to grow Kepner v. United States: 195 U.S. 100 (1904) sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases: Dorr v. United States
The Civil Rights Cases, 3 (1883), were a group of five cases in which the Supreme Court held that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments did not empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals. The holding regarding the 13th Amendment was overturned by the Court in the 1968 case Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
Pages in category "1893 in United States case law" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The Statute Law Revision (No. 1) Bill [6] had its first reading in the House of Lords on 6 February 1893, presented by the Lord Chancellor, Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 27 February 1893, introduced by the Lord Chancellor , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and committed to a joint committee .
This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation.Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each of its 119 biennial terms so more than 30,000 statutes have been enacted since 1789.