POL_S 300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ex Parte Merryman, American Sugar Refining Company, Commerce Clause
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13th, 14th, 15th amendments (content, history, associated cases) Taxpayer standing (concept, associated cases: taxpayers have standing when, the law in question was passed under congress"s taxing and spending power, when the law allegedly exceeds specific constitutional limitations, flast v. cohen. Executive powers (history, associated cases: ex parte merryman, lincoln administration known for avoiding adjudicatioln. War powers: lincoln, truman, nixon, etc. (history, associated cases: lincoln: civil war and the power to suspend habeas corpus, ex parte merryman, nixon: vetoed congress"s request to withdraw troops, was overturned, us v nixon. Ex parte merryman (1861) (facts, significance: lincoln was concerned for the nations capital because republican"s believed. Indicted for treason but never tried unconstitutional: lincoln administration known to avoid adjudication. The prize cases (1863) (facts, significance: affirmed presidential and national power, justice grier ruled that the president had the power under the constitution and international law to order a blockade.
