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The Federal Energy Agency issued a permit allowing a private company to build a transmission line through a national...
The Federal Energy Agency issued a permit allowing a private company to build a transmission line through a national forest. The agency skipped a notice-and-comment step required by statute. Three plaintiffs sued in f...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, Summers v. Earth Island Institute
A city ordinance barred demonstrations near a convention center during political conventions. A protest group sued fo...
...days during the last convention; that order expired before appellate review could occur. Which statement best describes mootness? The best answer accounts for both voluntary cessation and the short-duration exception to...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC, Roe v. Wade
A city ordinance imposes a $10,000 civil penalty on any organization that distributes anonymous campaign flyers withi...
A city ordinance imposes a $10,000 civil penalty on any organization that distributes anonymous campaign flyers within 60 days before a municipal election. A civil-rights group plans to distribute anonymous flyers cri...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
A federal agency issued a permit allowing a private company to drain wetlands next to a city park. A neighborhood ass...
A federal agency issued a permit allowing a private company to drain wetlands next to a city park. A neighborhood association sued in federal court, alleging that the agency misread the governing statute. The complain...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Summers v. Earth Island Institute
A newspaper challenged a state campaign-finance disclosure law in state court. The state supreme court rejected the n...
...judgment. The newspaper petitions the United States Supreme Court for review. Which statement best describes the Supreme Court's power to review the judgment? The best answer applies the adequate-and-independent-state-gr...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Michigan v. Long
A senator sent a letter asking a federal district court to declare whether a proposed bill would be constitutional be...
A senator sent a letter asking a federal district court to declare whether a proposed bill would be constitutional before Congress votes on it. In a separate action, a medical-device manufacturer sued for a declarator...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Muskrat v. United States, Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Haworth
A trade association of independent pharmacies challenged a state rule requiring pharmacies to disclose customer recor...
A trade association of independent pharmacies challenged a state rule requiring pharmacies to disclose customer records to a state database. The association alleges that several named member pharmacies must comply nex...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.
Congress appropriated funds for grants to private schools, including religious schools, to buy math textbooks. A fede...
Congress appropriated funds for grants to private schools, including religious schools, to buy math textbooks. A federal taxpayer sued, claiming the grants violate the Establishment Clause. A second taxpayer sued to c...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Frothingham v. Mellon, Flast v. Cohen, Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., Craig v. Boren, Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman
Congress asked the Supreme Court to issue a formal opinion advising whether a proposed bill would be constitutional b...
...se the government's position is correct." Analyze the Article III and judicial review issues raised by these four matters. This essay tests advisory opinions, declaratory judgments, Supreme Court state-court review, adeq...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, Marbury v. Madison, Muskrat v. United States, Michigan v. Long, Ex parte McCardle, United States v. Klein
Congress enacted a statute appropriating money for grants to private elementary schools, including religious schools,...
Congress enacted a statute appropriating money for grants to private elementary schools, including religious schools, to purchase science equipment. A federal taxpayer sued, alleging that the statute violates the Esta...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Frothingham v. Mellon, Flast v. Cohen, Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
Congress enacted a statute regulating federal commissions. After the statute took effect, a newly appointed commissio...
...to perform the legal duty. Which statement most accurately describes judicial review? The best answer captures Marbury's judicial-review principle while preserving Article III jurisdictional limits. U.S. Const. art. III...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Marbury v. Madison
Four federal suits are filed. In the first, voters argue that their state no longer has a republican form of governme...
Four federal suits are filed. In the first, voters argue that their state no longer has a republican form of government because state initiatives can override statutes. In the second, a removed federal officer challen...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Baker v. Carr, Luther v. Borden, Nixon v. United States, Rucho v. Common Cause
Four lawsuits reach federal court. In the first, voters allege that their state government is not "republican" becaus...
Four lawsuits reach federal court. In the first, voters allege that their state government is not "republican" because the legislature allows statewide initiatives to override statutes. In the second, a federal judge...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Baker v. Carr, Luther v. Borden, Nixon v. United States, Rucho v. Common Cause, Japan Whaling Association v. American Cetacean Society
State A enacted a law requiring online political advertisers to file donor reports within 24 hours after any ad is po...
..., including voluntary cessation and capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review. This essay tests ripeness, pre-enforcement review, mootness, voluntary cessation, and capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review. U.S. Const. ar...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC, Roe v. Wade
While several appeals were pending in the Supreme Court from lower federal-court judgments against the United States,...
While several appeals were pending in the Supreme Court from lower federal-court judgments against the United States, Congress enacted a statute providing: "The Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction over...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Ex parte McCardle, United States v. Klein, Marbury v. Madison
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