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Arizona v. U.S.: What’s Next for the State’s Controversial Immigration Law?
On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its second most anticipated decision of the session in Arizona v. U.S. If not for the Affordable Care Act, Arizona’s controversial immigration law would have definitely garnered top billing. The Court...
United State v. Alvarez : Stolen Valor Act Can’t Stand Up to Constitutional Scrutiny
In an important case that largely overshadowed by the healthcare decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional. The controversial law had made it a federal crime to lie about having received a military ...
Supreme Court Stands By Citizen’s United Decision
While the Supreme Court’s decision on healthcare reform dominated the headlines, another ruling may have a greater impact on the 2012 election season. The Court confirmed that its decision in Citizen’s United was not a fluke and its approval of ...
History Will Remember Chief Justice John “Marshall” Roberts
History may record that the decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act was the legacy case for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John G. Roberts Jr. His position and his actions in this case are exactly what Chief Justice John Marshall Roberts would have do...
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SCOTUS Sidestepped Challenge to Pledge of Allegiance in Elk Grove Unified School District v Newdow
by DONALD SCARINCI on August 20, 2019
In Elk Grove Unified School District v Newdow, 542 U.S. ____ (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court sideste...
Court Upholds Warrantless Blood Test in Mitchell v Wisconsin
by DONALD SCARINCI on August 15, 2019
In Mitchell v Wisconsin, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the exigent-circum...
Lloyd Corp v Tanner – No First Amendment Right to Protest at Privately-Owned Mall
by DONALD SCARINCI on August 13, 2019
In Lloyd Corp v Tanner, 407 U.S. 551 (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the owners of a shopp...
