8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 40 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 West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette Anchor | green | “the very purpose of a bill of rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts.” | 14 |
| 2 | State of Iowa v. Tommy Tyler, Jr. | green | “freelancing under the iowa constitution without the benefit of an adversarial presentation.” | 6 |
| 3 | Coger v. North West. Union Packet Co. | green | “the very foundation principle of our government.” | 5 |
| 4 | Gainesville Woman Care, LLC v. State of Florida | green | “provides more protection of individual privacy rights than the united states constitution.” | 3 |
| 5 | Gainesville Woman Care, LLC v. State of Florida | green | “undue burden or significant restriction.” | 3 |
| 6 | Anne Hensler Vs. City Of Davenport | green | “appropriate level of scrutiny to apply” | 3 |
| 7 | In re Carragher | green | “a woman may be a competent pharmacist, and as such be capable and 65 worthy to receive a permit, . . . the law could not permit the sex to engage in the retail liquor traffic generally without serious injury to public morals.” | 3 |
| 8 | Planned Parenthood of Indiana & Kentucky, Inc. v. Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health | green | “nothing in this constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.” | 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.