Wright v. United States
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Wright v. United States is a 1938 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the scope of presidential veto power and the constitutional requirements for lawmaking under the Presentment Clause.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wright v. United States canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7193804 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wright v. United States Context triple: [Presentment Clause, interpretedInCase, Wright v. United States]
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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.
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Ingraham v. Wright
Ingraham v. Wright is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment does not apply to corporal punishment in public schools and that due process does not require a prior hearing before such discipline is imposed.
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C.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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D.
Carpenter v. United States
Carpenter v. United States is a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the government generally must obtain a warrant to access historical cell phone location records under the Fourth Amendment.
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E.
Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wright v. United States Target entity description: Wright v. United States is a 1938 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the scope of presidential veto power and the constitutional requirements for lawmaking under the Presentment Clause.
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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.
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B.
Ingraham v. Wright
Ingraham v. Wright is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment does not apply to corporal punishment in public schools and that due process does not require a prior hearing before such discipline is imposed.
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C.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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D.
Carpenter v. United States
Carpenter v. United States is a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the government generally must obtain a warrant to access historical cell phone location records under the Fourth Amendment.
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E.
Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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case interpreting the Presentment Clause ⓘ federal courts case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw | federal legislative process ⓘ |
| branchImpacted |
executive branch of the United States
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legislative branch of the United States ⓘ |
| citation | 302 U.S. 583 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | Article I, Section 7 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| fullName | Wright v. United States ⓘ |
| holdingType | interpretation of Presentment Clause procedures ⓘ |
| issue |
constitutional requirements for lawmaking under the Presentment Clause
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scope of presidential veto power ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Presentment Clause
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United States constitutional law ⓘ lawmaking process ⓘ presidential powers ⓘ |
| page | 583 ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | binding precedent in the United States Supreme Court ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| topic |
checks and balances in the U.S. federal government
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constitutional lawmaking requirements ⓘ presidential veto procedures ⓘ |
| volume | 302 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wright v. United States Description of subject: Wright v. United States is a 1938 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the scope of presidential veto power and the constitutional requirements for lawmaking under the Presentment Clause.
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