79 Cited authorities

  1. Elrod v. Burns

    427 U.S. 347 (1976)   Cited 4,219 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that local government could not constitutionally base public employment opportunities on political affiliation or nonaffiliation
  2. Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co.

    534 U.S. 438 (2002)   Cited 837 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where Congress has listed some categories of people as to successor liability under 26 U.S.C. § 9706, those not included in the list are not liable because Congress could have included them "clearly and explicitly"
  3. Lemon v. Kurtzman

    403 U.S. 602 (1971)   Cited 2,334 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding school-aid statute authorizing government inspection of parochial school records created an impermissible "intimate and continuing relationship between church and state" because it required the state "to determine which expenditures are religious and which are secular"
  4. Hernandez v. Commissioner

    490 U.S. 680 (1989)   Cited 955 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the burden must be substantial and an interference with a tenet or belief that is central to religious doctrine"
  5. McGowan v. Maryland

    366 U.S. 420 (1961)   Cited 2,637 times
    Holding that appellants fined $5 plus costs had standing to assert an Establishment Clause challenge
  6. Perrin v. United States

    444 U.S. 37 (1979)   Cited 1,120 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that commercial bribery falls under the definition of bribery under the Travel Act, which was passed nine years before RICO was enacted
  7. Lee v. Weisman

    505 U.S. 577 (1992)   Cited 695 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding unconstitutional a prayer at a secondary school graduation
  8. County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union

    492 U.S. 573 (1989)   Cited 762 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding the display of a creche in a courthouse unconstitutional but allowing the display of a menorah outside a county building
  9. McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union

    545 U.S. 844 (2005)   Cited 400 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that copies of the Ten Commandments posted in municipal courtrooms were hung to advance sectarian purpose, in part based on statements made by judicial official at the time the Commandments were posted
  10. Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe

    530 U.S. 290 (2000)   Cited 388 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding unconstitutional student-initiated and student-led prayer at school football games
  11. Section 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury

    28 U.S.C. § 1746   Cited 10,028 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Permitting the use of declarations instead
  12. Section 1201 - Regulars and members on active duty for more than 30 days: retirement

    10 U.S.C. § 1201   Cited 242 times
    Requiring that the Secretary assess a service member's eligibility for disability retirement using the "standard schedule of rating disabilities in use by the [VA] at the time of the determination. "
  13. Section 101 - Definitions

    10 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 195 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Defining "active duty"
  14. Section 802 - Art. 2. Persons subject to this chapter

    10 U.S.C. § 802   Cited 157 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Identifying persons subject to the UCMJ
  15. Section 502 - Required drills and field exercises

    32 U.S.C. § 502   Cited 102 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Providing a dual state-federal status for members of the National Guard
  16. Section 12301 - Reserve components generally

    10 U.S.C. § 12301   Cited 34 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Giving authority to "order a member of a reserve component under [the jurisdiction of competent authority] to active duty . . . with the consent of that member"
  17. Section 331 - Friendly foreign countries: authority to provide support for conduct of operations

    10 U.S.C. § 331   Cited 23 times
    Authorizing executive officials to call forth the militia of the States
  18. Section 12731 - Age and service requirements

    10 U.S.C. § 12731   Cited 19 times
    Requiring a veteran to reach the age of 60 before he or she is eligible to receive retirement pay
  19. Section 113 - Secretary of Defense

    10 U.S.C. § 113   Cited 18 times   1 Legal Analyses

    (a) (1) There is a Secretary of Defense, who is the head of the Department of Defense, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (2) A person may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense- (A) within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force in a grade below O-7; or (B) within 10 years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force

  20. Section 5532 - Repealed

    5 U.S.C. § 5532   Cited 18 times

    5 U.S.C. § 5532 Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title VI, §651(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 664] Section, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 482; Pub. L. 95-454, title III, §308(a), (c)-(f) (1), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1149-1151; Pub. L. 97-276, §151(b), Oct. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 1200; Pub. L. 98-396, title III, §306, Aug. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 1424; Pub. L. 98-525, title XV, §1537(b), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2635; Pub. L. 99-88, title I, §100, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 99-500, §101(l), Oct.