[US Institutions] The Supreme Court of the United States

Résumé du document

Format: PDF imprimable, format conçu pour un affichage smartphone optimisé sur une seule page.
Langue: Anglais
Domaine : US Institutions
Thème: The US Supreme Court

Rubriques et informations contenues:

KEY FACTS:
- Location
- Established (date)
- Members (number and office)
- Tenure (duration)
- Composition method
- Current political composition (number of members for each political party)
- Major 2022 rulings (subject and brief description)
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KEY NAMES:
- 1 Supreme Court member (name, political party, office, term of office)
-4 former US Presidents (name, political party, ranking among US Presidents, term of office, number of Supreme Court members appointed)
- 1 historic Supreme Court ruling (official name, brief explanation)
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KEY EVENTS & REFERENCES (each event or reference mentioned includes a fully written summary):
- Powers of the Supreme Court
- Abortion: overturning Roe v Wade
- Gun rights: 2nd Amendment victory
- Limiting EPA's federal powers
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NOTABLE QUOTE:
1 related quote (Franklin D. Roosevelt).

Extraits

[...] In 2022, however, the Supreme Court overturned this decision which had granted US women the right to abortion for almost 50 years. Following this decision, each individual state is free to legalize or ban abortion on its territory. EPA'S FEDERAL POWERS In another 2022 ruling, the Supreme Court stated that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not have the authority to impose state-level restrictions on carbon emissions. The EPA had indeed sought to regulate carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants in order to force US states to turn to cleaner power sources. [...]

[...] Decisions of the Supreme Court are therefore referred to as case rulings, which are named after the conflicting parties (e.g.: the “Roe v. Wade” case opposed Jane Roe to Henry Wade, “v.” meaning “versus”). In June 2022, the Supreme Court overturned a state gun restriction in the state of New York. This New York law required individuals to prove a specific need to carry a gun in public. The Supreme Court ruled out this restrictive law as unconstitutional, thus recognizing the right to carry guns in public without a specific reason. Until recently, the historic 1973 Roe v. [...]

[...] Wade” GUN RIGHTS EXPANSION reaffirmed the right to carry a gun NOTABLE QUOTE “We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution – not over it. In our courts, we want a government of laws, and not of men.” - former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 45th US President (2017-2021) appointed 3 Supreme Court Justices ➢ Barack OBAMA Democrat 44th US President (2009-2013)(2013-2017) appointed 2 Supreme Court Justices ➢ George W. BUSH Republican 43rd US President (2001-2005)(2005-2009) appointed 3 Supreme Court Justices ➢ ROE V. [...]