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December 5, 2019 | Resisting Congressional Inquiries Under Barenblatt v. United States

Month: December 2017

US Supreme Court Preview: NIFLA v Becerra

Supreme Court Preview: NIFLA v Becerra

In November, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in what could be another blockbuster First Amendment case. The issue in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v Becerra is whether a California law that requires “crisis pregn...

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Social Justice Issues Underscore New Jersey Effort To Legalize Cannabis

Social Justice Issues Underscore New Jersey’s Efforts To Legalize Cannabis

New Jersey Governor-Elect Phil Murphy has long highlighted the social justice aspects of cannabis legalization. “The criminalization of cannabis has only served to clog our courts and cloud people’s futures, so we will legalize cannabis,” Murph...

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SCOTUS Allows Enforcement of the Travel Ban

SCOTUS Allows Enforcement of The Travel Ban While Legal Challenges Are Pending

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted the federal government’s request to fully implement President Donald Trump’s September 24 proclamation while the federal appeals courts continue to consider legal challenges. More commonly referred to as th...

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Sports Betting & Wedding Cakes Dominate Busy Week For SCOTUS

Sports Betting and Wedding Cakes Dominate Busy Week for SCOTUS

Before taking a break for the holidays, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in five cases, two of which may be blockbusters. In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the justices considered the relationship between sa...

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SCOTUS Back With Five Oral Arguments

SCOTUS Week Includes Five Oral Arguments

After taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, the U.S. Supreme Court had a busy week. The justices heard oral arguments in five cases, one of which involves whether law enforcement agencies must obtain a warrant to obtain cell-site-location info...

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SCOTUS Stops Disclosure of Donald Trump’s Financial Records
by DONALD SCARINCI on December 3, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted President Donald Trump’s request for a stay in Trump v. Mazars...

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Supreme Court to Consider Copyright Suit of the Decade
by DONALD SCARINCI on November 28, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to consider Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., which has bee...

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Investigatory Power of Congress Under McGrain v. Daugherty
by DONALD SCARINCI on November 25, 2019

In McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 (1927), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Congress’ power of...

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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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  • Amendment2
    • The Right to Bear Arms
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  • Amendment4
    • Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
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  • Amendment5
    • 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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