7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 57 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 Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. Anchor | green | “congress, we have held, does not alter the fundamental details of a regulatory scheme in vague terms or ancillary provisions-it does not, one might say, hide elephants in mouseholes.” | 22 |
| 2 | Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | green | “the normal rule of statutory construction is that if congress intends for legislation to change the interpretation of a judicially created concept, it makes that intent specific.” | 19 |
| 3 | Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock | green | “he unconstitutional provision must be severed unless the statute created in its absence is legislation that congress would not have enacted.” | 5 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania v. New Jersey | green | “no state can be heard to complain about damage inflicted by its own hand.” | 4 |
| 5 | Commonwealth of MA v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. | green | “need not point to a specific person who will be harmed in order to establish standing in situations like this.” | 3 |
| 6 | Tex. v. United States | green | “it is critical to clarify something at the outset: the shared- responsibility payment, 26 u.s.c. 5000a(b), is distinct from the , id. 5000a(a).” | 3 |
| 7 | Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | green | “f congress intends for legislation to change the interpretation of a judicially created concept, it makes that intent specific.” | 1 |
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.