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January 19, 2021 | SCOTUS Sides With New Mexico in Interstate Dispute Over Pecos River
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in five cases this week, one of which has the potential to be a blockbuster. The issue before the Court in Timbs v. Indiana is whether the Eighth Amendment ban on “excessive fines” applies to the states...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a potential blockbuster case involving the First Amendment. The issue in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association is whether a World War I memorial, which is located on public property, i...
In its first published decision of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) applies to state and local governments, regardless of the size. The Court’s decision in Mount Lemmon Fire District...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases this week. The issues before the justices were extremely varied, ranging from whether hovercrafts should be allowed on Alaska conservation land to whether adefendant’s medical condition make...
In United States v. Briggs, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the...
In Tanzin v. Tanvir, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Religi...
In Carney v. Adams, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a provision in the Delawar...
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.