Public Policy

Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)

Overturned Roe v Wade ruling there was no constitutional right to abortion allowing states to decide

(rare reversal of long settled law)

Roe v Wade (1973)

the court ruled that a women’s right to terminate a pregnancy is protected under the fourteenth amendment (‘freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life’)

Fourteenth amendment

State should not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law

Obergefell v Hodges (2013)

court ruled that state bans to same sex marriage were a violation of the fourteenth amendment as Ohio state would not recognise Obergefell’s marriage

Rasul v Bush (2004)

ruled detainees had access to federal courts to challenge their detention at Guantanamo Bay

Trump v. United States (2024)

presidents immune to prosecution when carrying out officials acts as president

United States v. Nixon (1974)

Supreme court waved executive privilege and ordered Nixon to hand over watergate tapes

D.C v Heller (2008)

found Washington D.Cs handgun ban as unconstitutional under the second ammendment