#Constitutional-Law
Events indexed under #Constitutional-Law — 25 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs 6-3 in Historic Limitation on Executive Trade Authority John Roberts · United States Supreme Court · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-09 | Department of Justice Eliminates 50-Year-Old Disparate Impact Standard from Civil Rights Enforcement, Requiring Proof of Intentional Discrimination Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-08 | Supreme Court Signals Intent to Overturn 90-Year Precedent Protecting Independent Agency Leaders from Presidential Firing, Expanding Executive Power U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · John Roberts · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-24 | Federal Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Letitia James and Comey, Ruling Halligan's Appointment Unlawful Cameron McGowan Currie · Letitia James · James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · +6 | reported | |
| 2025-10-06 | Supreme Court Begins 2025-2026 Term with Focus on Executive Power and Voting Rights U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Conservative Majority | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Supreme Court Expands Louisiana Redistricting Case to Challenge Section 2 of Voting Rights Act U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Louisiana · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-26 | Brookings warns on legal limits of putting soldiers on Los Angeles streets Brookings Institution · Legal scholars · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-27 | Supreme Court Rejects Dangerous "Independent State Legislature" Theory in Moore v. Harper US Supreme Court · North Carolina Legislature · Democracy advocates | confirmed | |
| 2021-02-09 | Second Impeachment Trial Begins with Constitutional Debate on Trying Former President Donald Trump · Patrick Leahy · Bruce Castor · David Schoen · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-25 | Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Article to Senate After Biden Inauguration Nancy Pelosi · Jamie Raskin · Chuck Schumer · Mitch McConnell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-25 | Supreme Court Dismisses All Trump Emoluments Cases as Moot US Supreme Court · Donald Trump · CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) · District of Columbia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-29 | Mueller Warns Charging a Sitting President is Constitutionally Prohibited Robert Mueller · William Barr | confirmed | |
| 2013-12-16 | Federal Judge Rules NSA Bulk Phone Data Collection Likely Unconstitutional Richard Leon · National Security Agency · Larry Klayman | confirmed | |
| 2007-04-01 | FISA Court Judge Rejects NSA Warrantless Surveillance Expansion Roger Vinson · FISA Court · National Security Agency · Bush Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1984-10-12 | Boland Amendment Explicitly Prohibits All U.S. Funding for Contras Edward Boland · Ronald Reagan | confirmed | |
| 1974-07-24 | Supreme Court Rules 8-0 in United States v. Nixon: President Must Surrender Tapes U.S. Supreme Court · Warren Burger · Richard Nixon · Leon Jaworski · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1971-06-30 | Supreme Court Rules 6-3 for Press Freedom in Pentagon Papers Case - Rejects Nixon Administration Prior Restraint Attempt U.S. Supreme Court · New York Times · Washington Post · Daniel Ellsberg · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1937-07-22 | Senate Defeats FDR Court-Packing Plan 70-22, Handing Roosevelt His Greatest Legislative Defeat U.S. Senate · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Senate Judiciary Committee · Joseph Robinson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1937-04-12 | NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel - Supreme Court Upholds Wagner Act in Constitutional Revolution Supreme Court of the United States · Charles Evans Hughes · Owen Roberts · Franklin D. Roosevelt · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1937-03-29 | West Coast Hotel v. Parrish - "Switch in Time" Supreme Court Upholds State Minimum Wage Law Supreme Court of the United States · Owen Roberts · Charles Evans Hughes · Franklin D. Roosevelt · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1936-01-06 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Agricultural Adjustment Act in United States v. Butler, Invalidating Key New Deal Farm Program Supreme Court of the United States · Owen J. Roberts · Harlan Fiske Stone · William M. Butler · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1935-05-27 | "Black Monday" Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down National Industrial Recovery Act in Three Anti-New Deal Rulings Supreme Court of the United States · Charles Evans Hughes · Benjamin Cardozo · Harlan Fiske Stone · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1895-05-27 | Supreme Court In Re Debs Decision Upholds Federal Injunctions Against Strikes U.S. Supreme Court · Justice David Josiah Brewer · Eugene V. Debs · Federal Judiciary · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1886-05-10 | Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad: The Corporate Personhood Precedent That Never Was U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice Morrison Waite · J.C. Bancroft Davis (Court Reporter) · Southern Pacific Railroad · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1872-11-05 | Susan B. Anthony Arrested for Voting in Presidential Election Tests 14th Amendment Susan B. Anthony · Ward Hunt · John Van Voorhis · Sylvester Lewis · +1 | confirmed |