Katzenbach v. Morgan and Medellín v. Texas, have which government organization in common?
Katzenbach v. Morgan Katzenbach v. Morgan, 384 U.S. 641 (1966) , was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the power of Congress, pursuant to Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, to enact laws that enforce and interpret provisions of the Constitution.
Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, 579 U.S. ___ (2016) , is a criminal case that came before the Supreme Court of the United States. In the case, the court considered whether Puerto Rico and the federal government of the United States are separate sovereigns for purposes of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. In essence, this clause establishes that an individual cannot be tried for the same offense twice under the same sovereignty. The petitioner claimed that Puerto Rico possesses a different sovereignty because of the island's current political status while others claimed that it does not—including the respondent, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, and the Solicitor General of the United States. Finally, in a 6-2 decision, the court affirmed that the Double Jeopardy Clause bars Puerto Rico and the United States from successively prosecuting a single person for the same conduct under equivalent criminal laws.