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March 6, 2023 | U.S. Supreme Court Takes on Big Tech

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Separation of Church and State Back Before U.S. Supreme Court

Religious liberty continues to dominate the high-profile cases before the Roberts Court. Next term, the justices will consider Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which involves whether states can be forced to use taxpayer funds to support re...

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Can a State Abolish the Insanity Defense?

Supreme Court Preview: Can a State Abolish the Insanity Defense?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal law docket for the October 2019 Term addresses some significant constitutional issues. In Kahler v. Kansas, the justices will consider whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution allow a state...

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LGBTQ Rights

Supreme Court to Take on LGBTQ Rights in the Workplace

Some of the most closely-watched cases the US Supreme Court will consider in October involve whether workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status is covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII). The...

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Flowers v Mississippi 2019

Flowers v Mississippi: Jury Selection in Death Row Inmate’s Case Was Unconstitutional

In Flowers v Mississippi, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the jury selection process in Curtis Flowers’ sixth murder trial violated the U.S. Constitution. By a vote of 7-2, the Court found that the trial court committed cle...

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Manhattan Community Access Corp v Halleck 2019

State-Actors Subject to the First Amendment in Manhattan Community Access Corp v Halleck

In Manhattan Community Access Corp v Halleck, 587 U.S. ___ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Manhattan Community Access Corp., a private nonprofit corporation designated by New York City to operate public access channels on the Time Warner-ow...

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Elk Grove Unified School District v Newdow (2004)

SCOTUS Sidestepped Challenge to Pledge of Allegiance in Elk Grove Unified School District v Newdow

In Elk Grove Unified School District v Newdow, 542 U.S. ____ (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a constitutional challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance. By holding that the plaintiff lacked standing, the Court avoided deciding whether the wor...

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Court Upholds Warrantless Blood Test in Mitchell v Wisconsin

Court Upholds Warrantless Blood Test in Mitchell v Wisconsin

In Mitchell v Wisconsin, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the exigent-circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement nearly always allows a blood test without first obtaining a warrant when a breath te...

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SCOTUS Affirms Auer Deference in Kisor v Wilkie

SCOTUS Affirms Auer Deference in Kisor v Wilkie

In Kisor v. Wilke, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly affirmed the doctrine of Auer deference. However, the Court made it clear that the doctrine’s application has its limits. Doctrine of Auer Deference In Auer v Rob...

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Rucho v Common Cause: Supreme Court Rules Courts Can’t Solve Partisan Gerrymandering

Rucho v Common Cause: Supreme Court Rules Courts Can’t Solve Partisan Gerrymandering

In Rucho v Common Cause, 588 U.S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that courts have no role in resolving partisan gerrymandering claims. By a vote of 5-4, the divided Court held that such cases present political questions beyond the reach of...

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Gamble v. United States

SCOTUS Upholds Dual-Sovereignty Doctrine in Gamble v United States

In Gamble v. United States, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the “separate sovereigns” doctrine. Accordingly, states and the federal government may continue prosecuting individuals for the same crime. Facts of the Case ...

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U.S. Supreme Court Takes on Big Tech
by DONALD SCARINCI on March 6, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two big cases involving Big Tech this week. The case...

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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies
by DONALD SCARINCI on February 27, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. Colorado, which involves the st...

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SCOTUS to Take on Religious Rights in the Workplace
by DONALD SCARINCI on February 21, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court has added another high-profile case to its docket, agreeing to address the r...

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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
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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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