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Plessy v. Ferguson: The Supreme Court’s Most Notorious Decision
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in the Plessy v. Ferguson case. The decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), which is...
How Will Same-Sex Marriage Bans Shape John Robert’s Court
Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Bans Will Define Robert Court The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider four cases involving state law bans on same-sex marriage. After previously sidestepping the historic constitutional and social issue, the justic...
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: Campaign Finance Reform and the First Amendment
What cuts Campaign Finance Reform and the First Amendment right down the middle? Why its the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), a sharply divided U.S. Supr...
Key Abortion Rulings Made By The Supreme Court
What have been the Supreme Court's key abortion rulings? The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to again address the constitutionality of state laws restricting abortion. The state of North Carolina recently announced it would ask the country’s highest ...
Legalized Marijuana in Colorado May Go Up in Smoke
Nebraska and Oklahoma are asking the Supreme Court to declare that Colorado violated the U.S. Constitution when it legalized marijuana. The suit, which evokes the Court’s original jurisdiction over disputes between states, specifically alleges t...
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US Supreme Court Makes Unprecedented Decision to Hear Oral Arguments Remotely
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 18, 2020
Starting next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will conduct oral arguments remotely and make live audi...
SCOTUS Blocks Wisconsin Absentee Ballot Extension Amid COVID-19 Epidemic
by DONALD SCARINCI on April 28, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court blocked a lower-court order that had extended the deadline for...
SCOTUS Rules But-For caution Standard in
by DONALD SCARINCI on April 21, 2020
In Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, 589 U. S. ____ (2020), th...
