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Supreme Court decisions

Bills 63 First seen 107th Most recent 110th

63 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 108th at 29. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 110th
63 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 1–30, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HCONRES 6 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buckley v. Valeo. 110th October 4, 2007
HR 6842 Second Amendment Enforcement Act 110th November 18, 2008
HR 307 To impose limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water. 110th February 7, 2007
HRES 1330 Commending the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in District of Columbia v. Heller for upholding the right of the individual to keep and bear arms under the second amendment of the Constitution. 110th July 10, 2008
HRES 1264 Expressing support for the private property rights protections guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution on the 3rd anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision on Kelo v. City of New London. 110th July 28, 2008
HRES 1076 Calling upon the courts to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. 110th June 3, 2008
HRES 431 Recognizing the 40th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia legalizing interracial marriage within the United States. 110th June 11, 2007
HRES 372 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the Constitution of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution of the United States. 110th May 3, 2007
HRES 118 Condemning the existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents and urging States adopt legislation similar to that which was enacted in California to address the issue. 110th March 1, 2007
S 2806 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding Deadline and California Waiver Reconsideration Act 110th April 2, 2008
SRES 626 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court of the United States erroneously decided Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (2008), and that the eighth amendment to the Constitution of the United States allows the imposition of the death penalty for the rape of a child. 110th July 25, 2008
SRES 572 A resolution calling upon the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District of California to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. 110th May 21, 2008
SRES 194 A resolution commemorating the 40th anniversary of the landmark case In re Gault, et. al., in which the Supreme Court held that all children accused of delinquent acts and facing a proceeding in which their freedom may be curtailed have a right to counsel in the proceedings against them. 110th May 11, 2007
HCONRES 333 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buckley v. Valeo. 109th February 15, 2006
HCONRES 208 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Rosa Louise Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus and the subsequent desegregation of American society. 109th November 18, 2005
HR 3073 Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2005 109th June 27, 2005
HR 1658 American Justice for Americans Citizens Act 109th May 10, 2005
HR 487 To impose limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water. 109th February 9, 2005
HRES 453 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to a court decision relating to the Pledge of Allegiance. 109th October 17, 2005
HRES 340 Expressing the grave disapproval of the House of Representatives regarding the majority opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Kelo et al. v. City of New London et al. that nullifies the protections afforded private property owners in the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. 109th June 30, 2005
HRES 311 Recognizing the importance of the decision of the Supreme Court, Griswold v. Connecticut, which 40 years ago held that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraceptives, thereby recognizing the legal right of women to control their fertility through birth control and providing for vast improvements in maternal and infant health and for significant reductions in the rate of unintended pregnancy, and for other purposes. 109th July 1, 2005
HRES 259 Condemning the existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents and urging States to adopt legislation similar to that which was enacted in California to address the issue. 109th June 6, 2005
HRES 214 Directing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for the display of the Ten Commandments in the chamber of the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court of the United States rules against religious freedom by holding that the display of the Ten Commandments in public places by State and local governments constitutes a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 109th April 14, 2005
HRES 97 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the Constitution of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution of the United States. 109th September 29, 2005
SRES 162 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning Griswold v. Connecticut. 109th June 7, 2005
HCONRES 478 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court of the United States should act expeditiously to resolve the confusion and inconsistency in the Federal criminal justice system caused by its decision in Blakely v. Washington, and for other purposes. 108th August 4, 2004
HCONRES 454 Commemorating over half a century of adjudication under the McCarran Amendment of rights to the use of water. 108th June 28, 2004
HCONRES 451 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the establishment of a scholarship fund to make tuition grants available to eligible former students who were denied an education in Prince Edward County, Virginia, when the public schools closed rather than comply with the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. 108th July 15, 2004
HCONRES 414 Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as Congress recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, all Americans are encouraged to observe this anniversary with a commitment to continuing and building on the legacy of Brown. 108th May 20, 2004
HCONRES 411 To express the sense of the Congress regarding the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. 108th June 28, 2004

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