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October 17, 2025 | SCOTUS Clears Way for Termination of FTC Commissioner

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Supreme Court Kicks Off Term With Oral Arguments in Five Cases

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in person for the first time in more than 18 months. As a reminder that the country is still in the midst of the pandemic, Justice Brett Kavanaugh was forced to hear oral arguments remotely afte...

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SCOTUS Agrees to Consider Ted Cruz Campaign Finance Case

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate. The closely-watched campaign finance case brought by Sen. Ted Cruz challenges a provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 providing that when a candidate...

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Previewing the US Supreme Court’s October Sitting

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench on October 4, 2021, and conduct oral arguments in person for the first time since March 2020. In a recent update to its proceedings, the justices have elected to continue to take turns asking questions...

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SCOTUS to Hold In-Person Oral Arguments Next Term

When the U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench on October 4 for the first arguments of the 2021-22 term, they will meet in person for the first time since March of 2020. However, in light of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, access to the courtroom will ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Doctrine of Patent Assignor Estoppel

In Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc., a divided U.S. Supreme Court declined to abolish the doctrine of patent assignor estoppel, which prohibits inventors who sell their patent rights from challenging the patent’s validity in district court. H...

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Supreme Court Allows Controversial Texas Abortion Law to Take Effect

The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to block enforcement of a Texas law that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The Court denied the application for injunctive relief in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, 594 U. S. ____ (2021), b...

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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Eviction Ban

In Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services, 594 U.S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal government’s ban on evictions, which was scheduled to last until October 3, 2021. In an unsigned op...

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Supreme Court Limits Standing for Class-Action Suits Under FCRA

In TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U. S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme made it more difficult for plaintiffs to prove standing when bringing a credit-reporting class action lawsuit. By a vote of 5-4, the justices held that only a plaintiff concretely...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Alien Tort Statute

In Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe, 593 U. S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court clarified when plaintiffs can seek redress in U.S. courts for human rights abuses that occur overseas. By a vote of 8-1, the Court held that to plead facts sufficient to supp...

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SCOTUS Rules PTAB Judges Not Constitutionally Appointed

In United States v. Arthrex, Inc., 594 U.S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the administrative patent judges who make up the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) were not constitutionally appointed under the Appointments Clause of the ...

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The Amendments

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    • 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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