http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/ U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us http://www.oyez.org/images/oyezfeed.jpg U.S. Supreme Court Audio Recordings, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) Mon, 19 Jan 1976 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet.<br/><br/>No details yet. 73-1288_19760119-reargument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1288/reargument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 12 Nov 1975 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet.<br/><br/>No details yet. 73-1869_19751112-reargument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1869/reargument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 18 Dec 1974 12:00:00 -0500 <p>A Virginia statute made it a misdemeanor for "any person, by publication, lecture, advertisement, or by the sale or circulation of any publication, or in any other manner, [from encouraging] or [prompting] the procuring of abortion or miscarriage." Bigelow, director and managing editor of the Virginia Weekly, was convicted under this law when his newspaper ran an advertisement for an organization which referred women to clinics and hospitals for abortions.</p> <p>A Virginia statute made it a misdemeanor for "any person, by publication, lecture, advertisement, or by the sale or circulation of any publication, or in any other manner, [from encouraging] or [prompting] the procuring of abortion or miscarriage." Bigelow, director and managing editor of the Virginia Weekly, was convicted under this law when his newspaper ran an advertisement for an organization which referred women to clinics and hospitals for abortions.</p><br/><br/><p>Did the Virginia law violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution?</p> 73-1309_19741218-lq-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1309/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Mon, 11 Nov 1974 12:00:00 -0500 <p>Martin Cohn was the father of a seventeen-year old girl who was raped and killed in Georgia. After obtaining information from the public record, a television station broadcast the name of Cohn's daughter in connection with the incident. This violated a Georgia privacy statute which prevented members of the media from publicizing the names or identities of rape victims.</p> <p>Martin Cohn was the father of a seventeen-year old girl who was raped and killed in Georgia. After obtaining information from the public record, a television station broadcast the name of Cohn's daughter in connection with the incident. This violated a Georgia privacy statute which prevented members of the media from publicizing the names or identities of rape victims.</p><br/><br/><p>Did the Georgia law violate the freedom of the press as protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments?</p> 73-938_19741111-lq-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_938/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 22 Jan 1975 12:00:00 -0500 <p>In an effort to investigate the "administration, operation, and enforcement" of the Internal Security Act of 1950, the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security subpoenaed a bank for the financial records of the United States Servicemen's Fund. This nonprofit organization had actively published newsletters and sponsored coffeehouses in which discussions critical of the Vietnam War took place. The Fund challenged the subpoena arguing that its enforcement would violate the organization's First Amendment rights since the bank records contained information about the Fund's membership.</p> <p>In an effort to investigate the "administration, operation, and enforcement" of the Internal Security Act of 1950, the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security subpoenaed a bank for the financial records of the United States Servicemen's Fund. This nonprofit organization had actively published newsletters and sponsored coffeehouses in which discussions critical of the Vietnam War took place. The Fund challenged the subpoena arguing that its enforcement would violate the organization's First Amendment rights since the bank records contained information about the Fund's membership.</p><br/><br/><p>Did the actions of the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security fall within the sphere of legitimate legislative activity and not violate the First Amendment?</p> 73-1923_19750122-lq-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1923/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 16 Oct 1974 12:00:00 -0500 <p>Nine students at two high schools and one junior high school in Columbus, Ohio, were given 10-day suspensions from school. The school principals did not hold hearings for the affected students before ordering the suspensions, and Ohio law did not require them to do so. The principals' actions were challenged, and a federal court found that the students' rights had been violated. The case was then appealed to the Supreme Court.</p> <p>Nine students at two high schools and one junior high school in Columbus, Ohio, were given 10-day suspensions from school. The school principals did not hold hearings for the affected students before ordering the suspensions, and Ohio law did not require them to do so. The principals' actions were challenged, and a federal court found that the students' rights had been violated. The case was then appealed to the Supreme Court.</p><br/><br/><p>Did the imposition of the suspensions without preliminary hearings violate the students' Due Process rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment?</p> 73-898_19741016-mq-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_898/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Mon, 12 Jan 1976 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet.<br/><br/>No details yet. 73-1596_19760112-reargument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1596/reargument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 15 Oct 1975 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet.<br/><br/>No details yet. 73-1808_19751015-reargument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1808/reargument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Mon, 12 Jan 1976 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet.<br/><br/>No details yet. 73-1046_19760112-reargument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1046/reargument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 05 Nov 1975 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet.<br/><br/>No details yet. 74-175_19751105-reargument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_74_175/reargument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Tue, 02 Mar 1976 12:00:00 -0500 <p>In 1974, Congress passed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The purpose of the amendments was to regulate minimum wage and overtime pay for state and local government employees. The National League of Cities, as well as several states and cities, challenged the constitutionality of the amendments.</p> <p>In 1974, Congress passed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The purpose of the amendments was to regulate minimum wage and overtime pay for state and local government employees. The National League of Cities, as well as several states and cities, challenged the constitutionality of the amendments.</p><br/><br/><p>May Congress, acting under its commerce power, regulate the labor market of state employees, which the Tenth Amendment reserves to the states?</p> 74-878_19760302-reargument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_74_878/reargument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 23 Oct 1974 12:00:00 -0500 <p>Schick, a master sergeant in the Army, was convicted of murder in a military court and sentenced to death in 1954. President Eisenhower intervened and commuted his sentence in 1960, reducing it to life imprisonment without parole.</p> <p>Schick, a master sergeant in the Army, was convicted of murder in a military court and sentenced to death in 1954. President Eisenhower intervened and commuted his sentence in 1960, reducing it to life imprisonment without parole.</p><br/><br/><p>Did Eisenhower exceed his powers to commute criminal sentences?</p> 73-5677_19741023-lq-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_5677/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Mon, 08 Jul 1974 12:00:00 -0500 <p>A grand jury returned indictments against seven of President Richard Nixon's closest aides in the Watergate affair. The special prosecutor appointed by Nixon and the defendants sought audio tapes of conversations recorded by Nixon in the Oval Office. Nixon asserted that he was immune from the subpoena claiming "executive privilege," which is the right to withhold information from other government branches to preserve confidential communications within the executive branch or to secure the national interest. Decided together with Nixon v. United States.</p> <p>A grand jury returned indictments against seven of President Richard Nixon's closest aides in the Watergate affair. The special prosecutor appointed by Nixon and the defendants sought audio tapes of conversations recorded by Nixon in the Oval Office. Nixon asserted that he was immune from the subpoena claiming "executive privilege," which is the right to withhold information from other government branches to preserve confidential communications within the executive branch or to secure the national interest. Decided together with Nixon v. United States.</p><br/><br/><p>Is the President's right to safeguard certain information, using his "executive privilege" confidentiality power, entirely immune from judicial review?</p> 73-1766_19740708-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1766/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist