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June 13, 2022 | SCOTUS Rules Emotional Distress Damages Unavailable in Rehabilitation Act or the Affordable Care Act Actions

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SCOTUS Rules Emotional Distress Damages Unavailable in Rehabilitation Act or the Affordable Care Act Actions

SCOTUS Rules Emotional Distress Damages Unavailable in Rehabilitation Act or the Affordable Care Act Actions

In Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., 596 U.S. __ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that emotional distress damages are not recoverable in a private action to enforce the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Affordable Care Act.  Facts o...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Campaign Financing Law as Unconstitutional

Supreme Court Strikes Down Campaign Financing Law as Unconstitutional

In Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 596 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 — which limits the amount of post-election contributions that may be used to re...

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SCOTUS Wraps Up Oral Arguments for the Term

The U.S. Supreme Court has concluded its oral arguments for the October 2021 Term. The justices heard arguments in six cases, which addressed issues ranging from methods of execution for death-row inmates to whether a high school football coach shou...

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SCOTUS Rules Censure of Elected Board Member Didn’t Violate First Amendment

In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, 595 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that an elected trustee did not have an actionable First Amendment claim arising from his Board’s purely verbal censure. The Court’s decision was un...

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Supreme Court Breach Is Not the First Involving Roe v. Wade

Supreme Court Breach Is Not the First Involving Roe v. Wade

The recent disclosure of Justice Samuel Alito’s decision purporting to overturn Roe v. Wade is arguably the most significant breach in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. However,  it is not the first time that a landmark abortion decision was...

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Supreme Court Favors Religious Liberty in Death Row Case

In Ramirez v. Collier, 595 U. S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Texas can’t execute a man death row unless it allows his pastor to pray and lay hands on him while he is executed. The Court specifically held that Ramirez is likely to...

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Arbitration at Center of Last Week’s SCOTUS Oral Arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases last week, with Justice Clarence Thomas participating remotely after being discharged from the hospital. The Federal Arbitration Act took center stage in two of the four cases. Other issues b...

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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Four Cases

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Four Cases

When U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases last week, it was missing hospitalized Justice Clarence Thomas.  The issues before the Court included challenges to North Carolina’s voter ID law, the waiver of arbitration agreements...

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Supreme Court Sides with FBI in State Secrets Privilege Case

Supreme Court Sides with FBI in State Secrets Privilege Case

In Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga, 595 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the relationship between the “state secrets” privilege and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). The court unanimously ...

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Supreme Court Rules Mistake of Law in Copyright Application Is Excusable

Supreme Court Rules Mistake of Law in Copyright Application Is Excusable

In Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P., 595 U. S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that, under the safe harbor provision of 17 U.S.C. 411(b)(1)(A), a copyright registration is valid even though it contains a mistake of law ...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Campaign Financing Law as Unconstitutional
by DONALD SCARINCI on June 9, 2022

In Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 596 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court...

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SCOTUS Wraps Up Oral Arguments for the Term
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 17, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court has concluded its oral arguments for the October 2021 Term. The justices hea...

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SCOTUS Rules Censure of Elected Board Member Didn’t Violate First Amendment
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 10, 2022

In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, 595 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held th...

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The Amendments

  • Amendment1
    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
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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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