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Month: July 2012

Arizona v. U.S.: What’s Next for the State’s Controversial Immigration Law?

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...

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United State v. Alvarez : Stolen Valor Act Can’t Stand Up to Constitutional Scrutiny

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 ...

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Supreme Court Stands By Citizen’s United Decision

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 ...

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History Will Remember Chief Justice John “Marshall” Roberts

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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Supreme Court Rules Police Officer Entitled to Immunity in Excessive Force Case
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 13, 2026
Supreme Court Rules Police Officer Entitled to Immunity in Excessive Force Case

In Zorn v. Linton, 607 U.S. ____ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a police officer was enti...

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SCOTUS Rules Abscondment Doesn’t Toll Term of Supervised Release
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 11, 2026
SCOTUS Rules Abscondment Doesn’t Toll Term of Supervised Release

In Rico v. United States, 607 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Sentencing Refo...

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Supreme Court Rules Colorado Conversion Therapy Law Subject to Strict Scrutiny
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 4, 2026
Supreme Court Rules Colorado Conversion Therapy Law Subject to Strict Scrutiny

In Chiles v. Salazar, 607 U.S. ____ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Colorado’s law banni...

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The Amendments

  • Amendment1
    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
    • Freedoms of Press
    • Freedom of Assembly, and Petitition
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    • The Right to Bear Arms
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    • Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
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    • Due Process
    • Eminent Domain
    • Rights of Criminal Defendants
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Preamble to the Bill of Rights

Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.

THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.

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