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In Flast v. Cohen (a case challenging federal appropriations for elementary and secondary schools) and Frothingham v. Mellon (a case challenging federal funding of programs to combat infant mortality) the Court handed down rulings involving the standing to sue doctrine with respect to taxpayer lawsuits. Flast liberalized the standing to sue rules allowing greater opportunities for tax payers to challenge the constitutionality of federal programs.
Ex parte McCardle (1869 appeal of a journalist held for trial before a military tribunal) ________
upheld the authority of Congress to alter the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction.
struck down the law removing the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to hear McCardle’s appeal.
held that habeas corpus rights could not be altered by Congress.
upheld the constitutionality of criminal libel laws.
The framers spent more time crafting Article III than either Article I or Article II.
In Baker v. Carr (1962 Tennessee reapportionment case) the Supreme Court _______
held that reapportionment issues are political questions that cannot be decided by the Supreme Court.
held that reapportionment disputes may involve constitutional rights questions that the federal courts have jurisdiction to hear.
held that legislative districts must be constructed so that they are equal in terms of population.
held that the residents of large districts lacked the proper standing to sue in order to challenge the state legislative districting law.
Congress often strikes Supreme Court decisions through legislation or by passing constitutional amendments.
