The Supremes' greatest hits
Subtitle: the 44 Supreme Court cases that most directly affect your life
By: Michael G. Trachtman
Edition: 2nd revised & updated edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781454920779
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court; United States; Constitutional law; Judicial review; Cases; Law; Popular works
Description: "Can the government seize your house to build a shopping mall? Can it determine what control you have over your own body? Can police search your cellphone? The answers to those questions come from the Supreme Court, whose rulings have shaped American life and justice and allowed Americans to retain basic freedoms such as privacy, free speech, and the right to a fair trial. Especially relevant in light of Justice Antonin Scalias passing, as President Obama gears for a fight over nominating his successor, and as we prepare to elect a new president who may get to appoint other justices, the revised and updated edition of Michael G. Trachtmans page-turner includes ten important new cases from 2010 to 2015. In addition, a special section features analyses of the new term rulings planned for June 2016.   The new cases include : Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), which restricts the right of governments to limit campaign contributions by corporations and unions; Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014), which allows a religious exemption from the Affordable Care Act requirement that corporations pay for contraceptive coverage for their employees; Riley v. California (2014), which ruled that police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest; and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), which ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage." -- ONIX Annotation.
Table of contents: title: How the Supreme Court became supreme; title: One nation under God? : matters of church and state; title: Innocent until proven guilty : the rights of the accused; title: The melting pot : race, discrimination, and diversity; title: Playing politics; title: The right to do what you want; title: "Big government" in your business and in your backyard; title: Limiting the imperial presidency; title: How free is free speech?; title: Old laws and new technologies.