US Presidency- Relationship between the Presidency and the SCOTUS

What SCOTUS justice appointment has Biden made?

Appoints Ketanji Jackson - attempts to swing back to liberal ideological composition

Seila Law LLC v Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 2020

Further strengthens the President's right to control the organisation of the federal bureaucracy and appointments- the SCOTUS strengthening the President

United States v Curtis-Wright 1936

SCOTUS uses commander in chief role and head of state role to entrench legally the President's important role over US foreign relations- the SCOTUS strengthening the President

Boumediene v Bush 2008

The SCOTUS rules that it was unconstitutional for the President to detain Guantanamo Bay prisoners while denying their legal right to habeas corpus- check on foreign policy

What is 'court packing'?

A President increasing the number of judges in the SCOTUS as it's not explicitly stated in the constitution

Biden v Nebraska 2023

SCOTUS struck down Biden's domestic policy of student loan forgiveness

Texas v US 2016

SCOTUS struck down Obama's executive order DAPA which offered immigration reform for immigrant parents

NFIB v Sebelius 2012

SCOTUS strikes down the coercion of states using funding within Obamacare whereby a state's medical funding would be withdrawn if they didn't expand their medicaid system BUT there is judicial restraint as they don't strike down the individual mandate, leaving the major part of Obamacare in place

US v Pink 1942

SCOTUS states that Presidential executive agreements have the same weight and force as an official treaty ratified by the Senate- strengthens President's foreign policy power

Trump v Vance 2020

Checked Trump by saying that he should comply with the summoning of his tax return records for legal reasons when he tries to resist their release

NLRB v Canning 2014

Challenged Obama's recess appointments which were being made during very short recess periods- limits this unilateral Presidential power

Clinton v NY 1998

This banned the use of the line item veto- limits the President's power in matters of legislation

Biden v Missouri

SCOTUS empowered POTUS by enforcing Biden's vaccine mandate

Hawaii v Trump

SCOTUS upheld Trump's muslim travel ban

NFIB v Osha

This ruling challenged a covid vaccine mandate- effectively allowing business to be exempted for a while-- challenge to POTUS power