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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 12 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration Anchor
scotus · 1885
green “has no jurisdiction to pronounce any statute . . . irreconcilable with the constitution, except as it is called upon to adjudge the legal rights of litigants in actual controversies” 3
2 Muskrat v. United States
scotus · 1911
green “here s no general veto power in the court upon the legislation of congress” 3
3 Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant
scotus · 1921
green “litigant can be heard to question a statute's validity only when and so far as it is being or is about to be applied to his disadvantage” 3
4 NetChoice, LLC v. Attorney General, State of Florida
ca11 · 2022
green “unless posts and users are removed randomly, those sorts of actions necessarily convey some sort of message-most ob- viously, the platforms' disagreement with . . . certain content” 3

A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.

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