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DEP'T OF HOMELAND SEC. v. MACLEAN

Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: November 4, 2014
Decided: January 21, 2015
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor

DEP'T OF HOMELAND SEC. v. MACLEAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 2015. The case was argued before the court on November 4, 2014.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Security risks: denial of benefits or dismissal of employees for reasons other than failure to meet loyalty oath requirements
Petitioner: Transportation Security Administration
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: U.s. job applicants or employees
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 574 U.S. 383
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Roberts

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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