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Month: June 2017

Judge Samuel B Kent Avoids Impeachment

Judge Samuel B Kent Avoided Impeachment by Resigning

After being convicted for lying to investigators about allegations of sexual abuse, Judge Samuel B Kent was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. Judge Kent, however, was never convicted by the U.S. Senate because he resigned from office...

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Matal v Tam: SCOTUS Lifts Disparaging Trademark Ban

Matal v Tam: Supreme Court Holds Disparaging Trademark Ban Violates First Amendment

In Matal v Tam (formerly Lee v. Tam), 582 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on registering disparaging trademarks. According to the unanimous Court, the Lanham Act provision prohibiting the registration of di...

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One Gender

Citizenship Rule Favoring One Gender Is Unconstitutional

In Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 582 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a citizenship rule favoring unwed mothers over unwed fathers violated the U.S. Constitution. Not surprisingly, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a long-time champion ...

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Judge Walter L. Nixon

Judge Walter L. Nixon Impeached After Perjury Conviction

Walter L. Nixon, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, was impeached and removed from office in 1989. He was impeached after being convicted oncharges of giving false testimony to a grand jury investigating alle...

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FDCPA Case

Justice Gorsuch Authors First Opinion in FDCPA Case

In Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc., 582 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a company may collect debts that it purchased for its own account without triggering the statutory definition of a "debt collector" under t...

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Honeycutt v United States 2017

Honeycutt v United States: Clarity on Joint and Several Federal Criminal Asset Forfeiture

In Honeycutt v United States, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that joint and several liability does not apply to criminal asset forfeiture under the under the Controlled Substances Act. The Court’s unanimous opinion resolved a s...

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Town of Chester v Laroe Estates, Inc: Supreme Court Rules Intervenors Must Have Standing

Town of Chester v Laroe Estates, Inc: Supreme Court Rules Intervenors Must Have Standing

In Town of Chester v Laroe Estates, Inc, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a litigant seeking to intervene as of right under Federal Rule Of Procedure 24(a)(2) must meet the requirements of Article III standing if the intervenor...

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Judge Alcee Hastings Impeached For Bribery

Judge Alcee Hastings Impeached for Bribery

Alcee L. Hastings, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, was impeached on charges of perjury and conspiring to solicit a bribe. He was removed from office in 1989, but went on to serve in the U.S. House of Represen...

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County of Los Angeles vs Mendez: Supreme Court Strikes Down Ninth Circuit’s Provocation Rule

County of Los Angeles vs Mendez: Supreme Court Strikes Down Ninth Circuit’s Provocation Rule

In County of Los Angeles vs Mendez, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s controversial provocation rule, which required courts to consider pre-shooting conduct when determining the reasonable...

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Life & Impeachment of Judge Harry Claiborne

Judge Harry Claiborne Impeached for Tax Evasion

Harry E. Claiborne, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, was impeached and removed from office on charges of income tax evasion in 1986. It was the first time that a judge had been impeached in more than five decades. Legal...

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 26, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court returned to the bench this week to begin their February session. The justice...

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Supreme Court Adds Two Sixth Amendment Cases to Docket
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 24, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to consider two cases involving the Sixth Amendment to the C...

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SCOTUS Leaves Title 42 in Place Temporarily
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 19, 2023

In Arizona et al. v. Alejandro Mayorkas et al., the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to keep the federal g...

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The Amendments

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    • 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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