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Campaign Financing Headed Back to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to wade back into the controversial issue of campaign financing. The Court recently granted certiorari in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, which challenges the current monetary cap on individual political c...
Will Upcoming Voting Rights Act Case Rest on the Elections Clause?
The U.S. Supreme Court saved the best for last, as it is poised to take on its most controversial cases in the coming weeks. The first case on deck is Shelby County v. Holder, which will reexamine the constitutionality of Voting Rights Act....
Is Recess Appointment Controversy a Nonjusticiable Political Question? Court May Look to Goldwater v. Carter
The constitutionality of President Barak Obama’s recess appointments will likely appear before the U.S. Supreme Court. However, there is a strong chance that the Court will determine that the controversy in a nonjusticiable political question. A...
Missouri v. Holland: Are All Laws Implementing Treaties Valid?
Missouri v. Holland may be a case about birds, but its long-standing precedent has given Congress and the President wide latitude when implementing international treaties. As we discussed last week, the fate of a Pennsylvania woman charged with poiso...
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Thomas Jefferson: All Men are Created Equal
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 5, 2019Thomas Jefferson answers the question: How could you write, "All men are created equal" in the ...
SCOTUS Upholds Dual-Sovereignty Doctrine in Gamble v United States
by DONALD SCARINCI on June 24, 2019
In Gamble v. United States, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the “separate so...
The American Legion v American Humanist Association: Bladensburg Cross Does Not Violate First Amendment
by DONALD SCARINCI on June 20, 2019
In The American Legion v American Humanist Association, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Cou...
