List of Landmark Court Decisions in The United States - Individual Rights - Other Areas

Other Areas

  • Corfield v. Coryell, 6 Fed. Cas. 546 (C.C.E.D.Pa. 1823), rights protected by the Privileges and Immunities Clause include among others the right to travel through states, the right of access to the courts, the right to purchase and hold property, and an exemption from higher taxes than state residents pay.
  • Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1 (1957), U.S. citizens abroad, even when associated with the military, are not deprived of the protection of the Constitution or of the Bill of Rights and cannot be made subject to military jurisdiction.

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