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October 18, 2023 | Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of State Social Media Laws

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring corporations operating within their borders to consent to personal jurisdiction when they register to do bu...

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SCOTUS Rules Retrial Is Constitutional After Conviction in Improper Venue

SCOTUS Rules Retrial Is Constitutional After Conviction in Improper Venue

In Smith v. the United States, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district. Fa...

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Scotus Limits Foreign Reach of Trademark Law

SCOTUS Limits Foreign Reach of Trademark Law

In Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc., 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the trademark infringement provisions of the Lanham Act do not apply extraterritorially, but rather extend only to claims where the infringing ...

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SCOTUS Rules Retrial Is Constitutional After Conviction in Improper Venue

SCOTUS Rules Retrial Is Constitutional After Conviction in Improper Venue

In Smith v. the United States, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district. Fa...

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SCOTUS Adopts New Standard for Religious Accommodations Cases

SCOTUS Adopts New Standard for Religious Accommodations Cases

In Groff v. DeJoy, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court modified the religious accommodation standard under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which requires employers to accommodate the religious practice of their employees unless doing so ...

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SCOTUS Fails to Identify Leaker of Dobbs Opinion

Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

In Biden v. Nebraska, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program. Relying on “ordinary tools of statutory interpretation,” the six-member majority found that the Secreta...

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SCOTUS Concludes Oral Arguments for the Term

Supreme Court Clarifies First Amendment Test for True Threats

In Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that to establish that a statement is a “true threat” unprotected by the First Amendment, the state must prove that the defendant had some subjective understanding of t...

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Supreme Court Rules States Can't Challenge Federal Immigration Policy

Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Challenge Federal Immigration Policy

In United States v. Texas, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. According to the eight-member majority, “federal courts are ...

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SCOTUS Narrows Reach of Identity Fraud Statute

SCOTUS Narrows Reach of Identity Fraud Statute

In Durbin v. United States, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the scope of a federal aggravated identity theft statute. The justices unanimously held that a defendant “uses” another person’s means of identification “in re...

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Supreme Court Holds Retaining Excess Value Violated Takings Clause

Supreme Court Holds Retaining Excess Value Violated Takings Clause

In Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the government can’t keep the profits of properties sold to satisfy tax debts. Accordingly, Geraldine Tyler plausibly alleged that Hennepin County unconstitutiona...

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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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  • 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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