Checks and Balances
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United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Significant CaseThe landmark Supreme Court decision that affirmed birthright citizenship as a protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
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United States v. E.C. Knight Company
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that limited the federal government’s power to break up monopolies.
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Standard Oil Company v. United States
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that established the “rule of reason” in antitrust law and demonstrated the government’s power to regulate monopolies and increase competition.
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Rights, Commerce, and Reform
EraThe end of Reconstruction and the start of Industrialization led to a 50-year era where the Supreme Court addressed constitutional questions about rights, commerce, and reform.
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Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that declared direct taxes on personal income unconstitutional but was nullified when Congress ratified the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913.
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Civil Rights Cases
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that held the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional and paved the way for Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Jim Crow segregation.
