SCOTUS public policy cases Flashcards
NFIB v Sebelius
Restraint - upheld ACA
no limit
upheld policy
politicised - 5-4 with roberts to loose
Trump v Hawaii
restraint - upheld EO - muslim travel ban
politicisation - 5-4
no limit
whole woman’s health v hellerstedt
Upheld previous SCOTUS decision
restraint
politicised - 5-3
removed texas law - cannot restrict abortion laws
US v Texas 2016
Restraint - allowed lower court decision
politicsed - 4-4 lines
struck down Obama EO over immigrants
DAPA
Citizens united + McCutcherson
activism - struck down campaign finance laws + made super PACs policy
politicised 5-4
US v Windsor
Struck down DOMA - allowed same sex married couples to get federal benefits
established new policy
Obergefell v Hodges
activism - allowed same sex marriage
politicised - 5-4 ideological lines
established new policy
DC v Heller
activism - allowed individuals to own guns without needing to be part of group
politicised - ideological lines 5-4
limit congress
Carpenter v US
activism - new policy over police using phone location
politicised - 5-4 - lib+Roberts
no limit
Trumps tax returns
Restraint - upheld house ways and means committee decision
limited pres - need to publish tax returns
established new policy
Planned parenthood Arkansas v Jegley
Restraint - refused to hear case + allowed state to limit abortion access
upheld state policy
Biden v Nebraska
activism - stopped student loan forgiveness EO - limit pres - elected
remove policy
US v Texas 2023
Restraint - allowed DHS to use law
no limit - upheld DHS law
no politicisation - 8-1
upheld policy
