United States v. Cox

Target entity: United States v. Cox
Context triple: [United States is real party in interest, relatedConcept, United States v. Cox]

• A. Reynolds v. United States
  Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
• B. United States v. Comstock
  United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
• C. Printz v. United States
  Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
• D. United States v. O'Brien
  United States v. O'Brien is a landmark 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a federal law banning the destruction of draft cards and established an important test for evaluating government regulation of symbolic speech under the First Amendment.
• E. United States v. Callender
  United States v. Callender was a prominent 1800 Sedition Act prosecution of journalist James Thomson Callender that became historically significant for the controversial conduct of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase during the trial.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: United States v. Cox
Target entity description: United States v. Cox is a 1965 U.S. federal appellate court case that addressed the limits of judicial power over prosecutorial discretion, holding that courts cannot compel a U.S. Attorney to sign an indictment.

• A. Reynolds v. United States
  Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
• B. United States v. Comstock
  United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
• C. Printz v. United States
  Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
• D. United States v. O'Brien
  United States v. O'Brien is a landmark 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a federal law banning the destruction of draft cards and established an important test for evaluating government regulation of symbolic speech under the First Amendment.
• E. United States v. Callender
  United States v. Callender was a prominent 1800 Sedition Act prosecution of journalist James Thomson Callender that became historically significant for the controversial conduct of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase during the trial.
• F. None of above. chosen