Question

Snyder v. Phelps
What did the court rely on? For example: literalism? Canons of construction like the rule of the last antecedent? Purposivism? The original understanding of that constitutional provision like 1st amendment? What’s the Court’s reasoning, how the Court applied a particular rule or principle to the facts?

Answer 1

Answer:

the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the First Amendment prohibited the imposition of civil liability upon a church and its members who picketed the funeral of a slain Marine.

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