Rankin v. McPherson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1987-09-21

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Justice Powell, concurring. It is not easy to understand how this case has assumed constitutional dimensions and reached the Supreme Court of the United States. The fact that the case is here, however, illustrates the uniqueness of our Constitution and our system of judicial review: courts at all levels are available and receptive to claims of injustice, large and small, by any and every citizen of this coun…

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