On Thursday, the court is expected to announce its decision on President Obama's health care law, one of the most consequential cases in decades.
Very roughly, basic actions are the things that one can do without doing something else (such as raising one's hand), whereas the performance of non-basic actions requires that one does something else (such as giving someone a signal by raising one's hand).[16] In the consequential case, the nephew has an intention to perform a non-basic action (to kill his uncle).
If he does not, Obama will have passed up the opportunity to assert his view in one of the most consequential cases of his Presidency.
That's the question at the heart of one of the most consequential cases that the Supreme Court will decide this term, in terms of practical impact upon ordinary Americans.
Glen Krutz and Jeffrey Peake, in their 2011 book "Treaty Politics and the Rise of Executive Agreements," add many other consequential cases to the list.
Many of its most consequential cases are decided on a 5-4 basis, divided between the liberal and conservative wings -- with Justice Anthony Kennedy, who turns 80 in July, the deciding vote.
And, in perhaps the most consequential case, five Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, hearing an argument in October, appeared ready to reject a Republican gerrymander in Wisconsin, and thereby put an end to the partisan redistricting that has been a principal feature of American politics in recent years.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court started its new term on Monday with arguments in a difficult and consequential case over California's attempt to cut Medicaid payment rates.
They include: OBAMACARE: The Supreme Court has now heard argument in King v. Burwell, which may be the most consequential case to come before the Justices since Bush v. Gore.
First off, in few months the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the most consequential case most people have never heard of — Oil States v. Greene's Energy.
