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July 10, 2025 | Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors

Month: August 2024

Unanimous Supreme Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Lanham Act’s Name Clause

Unanimous Supreme Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Lanham Act’s Name Clause

In Vidal v. Elster, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the names clause of Lanham Act, which prohibits the registration of a mark that consists of a name identifying a particular living individual without their consent, does not...

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Presidential Immunity Under Trump v. United States

Presidential Immunity Under Trump v. United States

In Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a former President is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. It further fou...

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SCOTUS Clarifies Bruen in Upholding Federal Gun Law

SCOTUS Clarifies Bruen in Upholding Federal Gun Law

In United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that prohibits individuals subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun. According to the Court, when an individual has been fou...

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Supreme Court Upholds Homeless Ordinance Imposing Criminal Penalties

Supreme Court Upholds Homeless Ordinance Imposing Criminal Penalties

In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a city ordinance that imposes criminal penalties on homeless sleeping outside. According to the Court, the enforcement of generally applicable laws regula...

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Supreme Court Rejects Mexico’s Suit Against U.S. Gun Manufacturers
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 8, 2025

In Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Co...

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SCOTUS Sides With Employee in Reverse Discrimination Case
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 2, 2025

In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held tha...

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Supreme Court Rejects Moment of Threat Doctrine in Deadly Force Case
by DONALD SCARINCI on June 30, 2025

In Barnes v. Felix, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Fifth Circuit Court o...

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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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