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

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Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Abortion Law in Box v Planned Parenthood (2019)

Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Abortion Law in Box v Planned Parenthood

In Box v Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc., 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Indiana’s law relating to the disposition of fetal remains by abortion providers passes constitutional scrutiny. However, it denied c...

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Indian Treaty Prevails in Herrera v Wyoming

Indian Treaty Prevails in Herrera v Wyoming

In Herrera v Wyoming, 587 U.S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Wyoming’s statehood did not abrogate the Crow Tribe’s 1868 federal treaty right to hunt on the “unoccupied lands of the United States.” The five-member majority fur...

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SCOTUS Overturns Precedent in Franchise Tax Board of California v Hyatt

SCOTUS Overturns Precedent in Franchise Tax Board of California v Hyatt

The U.S. Supreme Court recently made waves in a relatively nondescript case. In Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, 587 U.S. ____ (2019), a divided Court overturned Nevada v. Hall, 440 U.S. 410 (1979), holding that states retain their sovere...

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SCOTUS Clarifies Tax Immunity Doctrine in Dawson v Steager

SCOTUS Clarifies Tax Immunity Doctrine in Dawson v Steager

In Dawson v Steager, 586 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that by taxing the federal pension benefits of U.S. Marshals Service retiree James Dawson, while exempting from taxation the pension benefits of certain state and local law enfo...

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Thacker v Tennessee Valley Authority 2019

Supreme Court Clarifies Tennessee Valley Authority’s Sovereign Immunity in Thacker v Tennessee Valley Authority

In Thacker v Tennessee Valley Authority, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that 16 U.S.C. §831c(b), which serves to waive the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) sovereign immunity from suit, is not subject to a discretionary func...

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SCOTUS Rules Against Class Arbitration in Lamps Plus Inc v Varela

SCOTUS Rules Against Class Arbitration in Lamps Plus Inc v Varela

By a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Lamps Plus Inc v Varela that an ambiguous agreement cannot provide the necessary contractual basis for concluding that the parties agreed to submit to class arbitration. The majority relied on the Fed...

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SCOTUS Hears Last Oral Arguments of October 2018 Term

SCOTUS Hears Last Oral Arguments of October 2018 Term

The U.S. Supreme Court had a busy week, with oral arguments in seven cases. These will be last cases the justices will hear this term, with the remainder of their time largely devoted to deciding cases and issuing opinions. The most closely-watch...

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SCOTUS Takes on Scandalous Trademarks and Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases

SCOTUS Takes on Scandalous Trademarks and Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases this week. One of the most closely-watched cases was Iancu v. Brunetti, which will determine whether the Lanham Act’s prohibition on the federal registration of “immoral” or “scandalou...

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Divided Court Rejects Lethal Injection Challenge in Bucklew v Precythe

Divided Court Rejects Lethal Injection Challenge in Bucklew v Precythe

In Bucklew v Precythe, 587 U.S. ____ (2019), a divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected a death row inmate’s Eighth Amendment challenge. By a vote of 5-4, the Court held that executing Russell Bucklew by lethal injection would not violate the ban on cr...

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SCOTUS Takes Up Redistricting and Three Other Cases in March

SCOTUS Takes Up Redistricting and Three Other Cases in March

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two potential blockbuster redistricting cases last week. As discussed in prior articles, the key issues before the Court in Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek are whether the congressional maps...

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The Amendments

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    • 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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