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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States, shaped by the Judiciary Act of 1789 and first assembled in 1790, is the highest U.S. court: nine life-tenured Justices, in its own building since 1935, now at record-low public approval.
Supreme Court of the United States customs and traditions
The customs and traditions of the US Supreme Court are the rituals shaping how the nine Justices work, including the daily handshake, black robes, two oaths, and secret conferences.
Supreme Court of the United States moves into its own building (1935)
The Supreme Court of the United States moved into its own building in 1935, ending more than a century of meeting inside the Capitol, a campaign led by Chief Justice Taft.
Supreme Court of the United States term opinions before 1990
The Supreme Court of the United States term opinions before 1990 records the Court's written opinions through October Term 1989, published in the United States Reports.
Supreme Court of the United States under Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth (1790–1801)
The Supreme Court of the United States under Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth was the Court's first decade, from 1790 to 1801, deciding about sixty cases and provoking the Eleventh Amendment.
Supreme Court Police
Supreme Court Police (SCUSPD), the U.S. Supreme Court's own police force at 1 First Street NE, Washington, DC; under 40 U.S.C. §6121 it polices the Court building and grounds and protects the Justices anywhere.
Taft Court
The Taft Court is the US Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Howard Taft from 1921 to 1930, the only Court led by a former president.
Taney Court
Taney Court (1836–1864): the U.S. Supreme Court under fifth Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, successor to Marshall; known for Dred Scott v. Sandford, Charles River Bridge, Ableman v. Booth, and Ex parte Merryman.
Tennessee v. Garner
Tennessee v. Garner is a 1985 US Supreme Court decision holding that the Fourth Amendment prohibits deadly force against an unarmed, nondangerous fleeing suspect, striking down a Tennessee statute.
Texas v. Johnson
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled 5-4 that flag burning is symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment, striking down Texas's venerated-object desecration statute and, via United States v. Eichman, the 1989 federal Flag Protection Act.
Texas v. White
Texas v. White, 74 U.S. 700 (1869), the Supreme Court decision by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase holding unilateral state secession unconstitutional in an 'indestructible Union,' arising from Civil War bond recovery, with exceptions for revolution or consent of the States.
Thaler v. Perlmutter
Thaler v. Perlmutter is a US copyright case in which Stephen Thaler's attempt to register an AI-generated image failed, ending when the Supreme Court declined review in 2026.
Trump v. Hawaii
Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. 667 (2018), the Supreme Court travel ban case upholding Proclamation 9645 under 8 U.S.C. §1182(f) by 5-4, also famous for declaring Korematsu 'gravely wrong' and overruled, a characterization scholars dispute as dicta.
United States free speech exceptions
United States free speech exceptions are Supreme Court-recognized categories outside First Amendment protection: obscenity, defamation, fraud, incitement, fighting words, true threats, speech integral to criminal conduct, and child sexual abuse material, plus less-protected commercial speech.
United States Reports
United States Reports, abbreviated U.S., is the official bound series publishing the Supreme Court of the United States' decisions, with citations like 467 U.S. 837 (1984).
United States Supreme Court Building
The United States Supreme Court Building, also known as One First Street, is the neoclassical home of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., occupied since 1935.
United States Supreme Court cases, U.S. Reports volumes 100–199
U.S. Reports volumes 100–199 are consecutive bound volumes of the official reporter of United States Supreme Court decisions, spanning the October 1879 Term through October Term 1904.
United States Supreme Court cases, U.S. Reports volumes 400–499
United States Supreme Court cases in U.S. Reports volumes 400–499 collect decisions from the October 1970 Term onward, cited by volume number, "U.S.", and first page.
United States v. Adams
United States v. Adams: caption shared by several unrelated U.S. decisions, including 383 U.S. 39 (1966) on a battery patent, a Commerce Clause child-pornography appeal, and CAAF 25-0217/AR (2025) on post-final habeas jurisdiction.
United States v. Carolene Products Co.
United States v. Carolene Products Co., 304 U.S. 144 (1938): Supreme Court case upholding the 1923 Filled Milk Act under rational basis review, famous for Justice Stone's Footnote Four on discrete and insular minorities.
United States v. Cruikshank
United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876), a Supreme Court ruling from the Colfax Massacre holding the First, Second, and Fourteenth Amendments did not reach private violence, gutting Reconstruction-era federal civil rights prosecution.
United States v. E. C. Knight Co.
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (also Sugar Trust Case), 156 U.S. 1 (1895): Supreme Court held 8-1 that the Sherman Antitrust Act did not reach the American Sugar Refining Company's 98 percent monopoly of sugar refining because manufacture is not interstate commerce.
United States v. Johnson (1911)
United States v. Johnson, 221 U.S. 488 (1911), Supreme Court case construing the 1906 Food and Drugs Act; Holmes held misbranding covered false identity statements, not cancer-cure label claims; Hughes dissented.
United States v. Lopez
United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), Supreme Court case striking down the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 as beyond Congress's Commerce Clause power, 5-4, first such invalidation since 1936.
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), the Nixon tapes case: unanimous Supreme Court ruling rejecting absolute executive privilege and ordering Watergate tapes produced for in camera review.
United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980): Supreme Court holding that the 1877 congressional seizure of the Black Hills, abrogating the Fort Laramie Treaty, was a Fifth Amendment taking requiring just compensation with interest, which the Sioux refuse to accept.
United States v. The Amistad
United States v. The Amistad (40 U.S. 518, 1841): Supreme Court case from the 1839 revolt of kidnapped Africans on the Spanish schooner Amistad; Joseph Story's opinion freed the captives, who returned to Africa.
Unsuccessful nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States
Unsuccessful nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States are the 37 presidential nominations since 1789 that failed through Senate rejection, presidential withdrawal, or lapse without Senate action.
Vinson Court
The Vinson Court (1946-1953), the U.S. Supreme Court under 13th Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, was a divided Truman-era bench that decided Youngstown, Dennis, Sweatt, and McLaurin and left Brown v. Board undecided at Vinson's death.
Warren Court
The Warren Court (1953-1969), led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, transformed US constitutional law through Brown v. Board of Education, Baker v. Carr, Gideon, Miranda, and Engel v. Vitale.