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<p>USER1361602485: </p> <hr /> <div>The vast majority of the &quot;25 Worst Court Decisions&quot; involved some [[deceit|deception]], impropriety or inadequate scholarship, as discussed in the footnotes. (All decisions are by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] except where noted; rulings overturned by the court system are not included.)<br /> <br /> At least 5 out of these 25 worse decisions, or 20%, were urged by the [[ACLU]],&lt;ref&gt;http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur59.htm&lt;/ref&gt; as noted below.<br /> <br /> #<br /> #[[Wickard v. Filburn]] (1942) (granted Congress power to prohibit growing wheat on your own land) and turned the [[Commerce Clause]] on its head.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0317_0111_ZS.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> #[[Dred Scott v. Sanford]] (1857) (authorized slavery &amp; denied citizenship to blacks)&lt;ref&gt;The Court far exceeded the controversy before it in its ruling. President [[James Buchanan]] reportedly had sought this decision privately with the Court, and the decision was rendered two days after his inauguration.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> #<br /> #<br /> #[[Buck v. Bell]] (1927) (approved of forced sterilization of low-IQ women)&lt;ref&gt;The case was based on a fraudulent claim that the woman was mentally retarded.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> #[[Plyler v. Doe]] (1982) (mandated that all illegal immigrants be given free education in [[public school]]s)<br /> #<br /> #[[Roper v. Simmons]] (2005) (cited foreign law to prohibit the [[death penalty]] for crimes committed by 17-year-olds)<br /> #[[Kelo v. City of New London]] (2005) (expanded [[eminent domain]])<br /> #<br /> #[[Romer v. Evans]] (1996) (holding unconstitutional a [[Colorado]] referendum prohibiting special laws favoring [[homosexuals]])<br /> #<br /> #[[Stone v. Graham]] (1980) (banned the [[Ten Commandments]] from display in [[public school]])&lt;ref&gt;The Court issued a 5-4 unsigned ([[per curiam]]) decision without hearing argument on the merits of the case. This was an [[ACLU]] case.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> #<br /> #<br /> #[[Baker v. Carr]] (1962) (one man one vote)<br /> #[[Cooper v. Aaron]] (1958) (judicial supremacy)<br /> #[[Missouri v. Jenkins]] (1985) (upheld 1990) (ordered tax increase for school)<br /> #[[Montoy v. Kansas]] (Kan. Sup. Ct. 2005) (ordered tax increase for school)<br /> #<br /> #[[United States v. Callender]] (upheld the [[Sedition Act]])<br /> #<br /> #[[Block v. Hirsh]] (1921) (declared [[rent control]] to be constitutional despite deprivation of rights of property owners)<br /> #[[U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton]] (1995) (by a 5-4 vote, the Court declared it unconstitutional for states to limit terms for their congressmen)<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> [[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]<br /> [[category:law]]<br /> [[Category:Essays]]</div>

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