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Cohen v California

Cohen v. California — Freedom of Expression Protects Offensive Words

In Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment prohibits states from criminalizing the public display of a single four-letter expletive, without a more specific and compelling reason t...

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US Supreme Court Kicks off 2019 with Oral Arguments in Five Cases

US Supreme Court Kicks off 2019 with Oral Arguments in Five Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court had a busy first week of the year as the justices returned to the bench to kick off 2019. The week’s oral arguments included two high-profile copyright cases. Below is a brief summary of issues before the Court last week:...

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United States v Stitt Clarifies Burglary Under Armed Career Criminal Act

United States v Stitt Clarifies Burglary Under Armed Career Criminal Act

In United States v Stitt, decided on December 10, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the term “burglary,” as used in the federal Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), includes the burglary of any “structure or vehicle that has been adapted or ...

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SCOTUS to Take Up Rare 21st Amendment Case in January 2019

SCOTUS to Take Up Rare 21st Amendment Case

When they return to the bench in January, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will consider their first case involving the 21st Amendment in more than a decade. Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Clayton Byrd involves the co...

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Will Supreme Court Abolish Deference to “reasonable interpretation” in Kisor v Wilkie?

Will Supreme Court Abolish Deference to “reasonable interpretation” in Kisor v Wilkie?

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear Kisor v Wilkie, which has the potential to be a blockbuster in the area of administrative law. The question before the Court is whether it should overrule Auer v. Robbins, which hold that courts mu...

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How a Frog Habitat in Louisiana May Begin to Curb Administrative Agency Power in Weyerhaeuser Company v United States Fish and Wildlife Service

How a Frog Habitat in Louisiana May Begin to Curb Administrative Agency Power in Weyerhaeuser Company v United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Supreme Court has sent Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 586 U. S. ____ (2018), back to the lower court.  It remains to be seen whether this seemingly simple case of statutory interpretation may also signal th...

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SCOTUS Agrees to Consider Birthright Citizen Cases
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 21, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s execut...

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SCOTUS Rules Non-Citizens Must Challenge Removal Under Alien Enemies Act
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 6, 2025

In Trump v. J.G.G., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-citizens challenging their removal under ...

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Causing Physical Harm Always Involves “Use of Force”
by DONALD SCARINCI on April 29, 2025

In Delligatti v. United States, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the knowing ...

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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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    • 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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