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August 27, 2025 | SCOTUS Lifts Injunction Blocking Trump Administration’s Plans to Reduce Federal Workforce

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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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The American Legion v American Humanist Association 2019

The American Legion v American Humanist Association: Bladensburg Cross Does Not Violate First Amendment

In The American Legion v American Humanist Association, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Bladensburg Cross does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. While seven justices agreed with the Court’s ju...

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Government Agencies Are Not People Under AIA in Return Mail Inc v United States Postal Service

Government Agencies Are Not People Under AIA in Return Mail Inc v United States Postal Service

In Return Mail Inc v United States Postal Service, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal government is not a “person” capable of petitioning the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to institute patent review proceedings u...

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Mont v United States: Supreme Court Rules Pretrial Detention Can Toll Term of Federal Supervised Release

Mont v United States: Supreme Court Rules Pretrial Detention Can Toll Term of Federal Supervised Release

In Mont v United States, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that pretrial detention tolls a term of federal supervised release if a court credits that period of pretrial detention toward a sentence for a new conviction. Justice Ruth ...

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The Amendments

  • Amendment1
    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
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    • Freedom of Assembly, and Petitition
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    • The Right to Bear Arms
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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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