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The Nineteenth Amendment: Women’s Right to Vote

Observing the Nineteenth Amendment: Women’s Right to Vote The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920. It prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of se...

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Evenwel v. Abbott: Legislative Districts Based on Total Population

In Evenwel v. Abbott, 578 U. S. ____ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a state or locality may draw its legislative districts based on total population. The unanimous 8-0 decision is one of the most significant redistricting cases in decades, ...

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Evenwel v. Abbott: Legislative Districts Based on Total Population

Examining Evenwel v. Abbott In Evenwel v. Abbott, 578 U. S. ____ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a state or locality may draw its legislative districts based on total population. The unanimous 8-0 decision is one of the most significant...

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The Eighteenth Amendment: The Prohibition of Alcohol

The Eighteenth Amendment banned making, transporting, and selling alcoholic beverages throughout the United States. While proponents hoped prohibiting alcohol would significantly reduce crime and other societal ills, the resulting black market foster...

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Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association: 4-4 Tie Upholds Public Union Fees

On March 29, 2016, an equally divided U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. The non-precedential per curium decision leaves the constitutionality of public union agency fees to be decided...

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Wearry v. Cain: Brady Violation Saves Death Row Inmate

In Wearry v. Cain, 577 U. S. ____ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the prosecution’s failure to disclose material evidence violated the petitioner’s due process rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution. Accordingly, the justices orde...

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The Seventeenth Amendment: Direct Election of U.S. Senators

In 1913, the states ratified the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to require the direct election of senators by the citizens of the United States.    When drafting the U.S. Constitution, the framers intended that the states ...

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LGBT Adoption and Constitution’s Full Faith and Credit Clause

In V.L. v. E.L, 577 U. S. ____ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the State of Alabama must recognize an adoption by a same-sex parent that occurred in another state. The Court’s per curium decision rested on the Constitution’s ...

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Swift & Co. v. United States Establishes “Stream of Commerce” Test

In Swift & Co. v. United States, 196 U.S. 375 (1905), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Congress was authorized under the Constitution to regulate local business activities that were part of the "stream of commerce" between states. The ruling a...

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Supreme Court Adopts Rule for Diversity Jurisdiction & Business Trusts

On March 7, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court held that for purposes of diversity jurisdiction, the citizenship of an unincorporated entity, such as a real estate investment trust, depends on the citizenship of all of its members. The decision in Americol...

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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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