log-rolling
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 299 U.S. 410 - Bengzon v. Secretary of Justice of Philippine Islands · 1937Most cited · 109 citing opinions
what is called 'log-rolling'—by which, in order to secure the requisite majority to carry necessary and proper items of appropriation, unnecessary or even indefensible items are sometimes included
How often courts cite the case defining “log-rolling”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “log-rolling” — 109 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.