Supreme Court decisions Bills in the 109th Congress

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

12 bills in the 109th Congress. Showing 1–12, newest first. Every Congress

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
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.	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H302-303)	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.	Message on Senate action sent to the House.	November 18, 2005
HR 3073	Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2005	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	June 27, 2005
HR 1658	American Justice for Americans Citizens Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.	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.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.	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.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	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.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	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.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	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.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	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.	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.	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.	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 3.	September 29, 2005
SRES 162	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning Griswold v. Connecticut.	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6170)	June 7, 2005

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