Warren Burger

Powell Expands Corporate Speech Rights in Virginia State Board of Pharmacy Decision

1976-05-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. authors the majority opinion in Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, establishing First Amendment protection for commercial speech by striking down state restrictions on prescription drug price advertising. This landmark decision creates …

Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Brennan Warren Burger Byron White Thurgood Marshall +1 more commercial-speech first-amendment corporate-rights judicial-capture constitutional-expansion

Supreme Court Rules 8-0 in United States v. Nixon: President Must Surrender Tapes

1974-07-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

On July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous 8-0 decision in United States v. Nixon, ordering President Richard Nixon to deliver sixty-four tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to the federal district court. Chief Justice Warren Burger—a Nixon …

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