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October 8, 2025 | Supreme Court Stays Order Blocking Roving Immigration Patrols in CA

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Two Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Heard in March Will Impact Redistricting 2020

Two Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Heard in March Will Impact Redistricting 2020

Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider two cases involving partisan gerrymandering. One case, Benisek v Lamone, challenges a Maryland congressional district, while the other, Rucho v Common Cause, challenges North Carolina’s congressio...

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Second Amendment Case

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Second Amendment Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear its first major Second Amendment case in a decade. The case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v City of New York, involves a New York City gun-control law that prohibits transporting a...

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Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., 586 U. S. ____ (2019)

Unanimous Court Rules Confidential Sales Can Invalidate Patent as Prior Art

In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., 586 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a commercial sale to a third party who is required to keep the invention confidential may place the invention “on sale...

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Stokeling v United States_ Divided Court Rules Necklace Snatching Is Violent Felony Under ACCA

Stokeling v United States: Divided Court Rules Necklace Snatching Is Violent Felony Under ACCA

In Stokeling v United States, 586 U.S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held by a vote of 5-4 that the Armed Career Criminal Act’s (ACCA) elements clause encompasses a robbery offense that, like Florida’s law, requires the criminal to overcom...

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SCOTUS (Minus Justice Ginsburg) Hears Arguments in Six Cases 1-14-19

SCOTUS (Minus Justice Ginsburg) Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg missed oral arguments this week as she recovers from surgery to remove cancerous growths from her lungs. She will, however, still participate in the cases by reading the briefs and transcripts of oral arguments. The re...

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US Supreme Court Kicks off 2019 with Oral Arguments in Five Cases

US Supreme Court Kicks off 2019 with Oral Arguments in Five Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court had a busy first week of the year as the justices returned to the bench to kick off 2019. The week’s oral arguments included two high-profile copyright cases. Below is a brief summary of issues before the Court last week:...

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United States v Stitt Clarifies Burglary Under Armed Career Criminal Act

United States v Stitt Clarifies Burglary Under Armed Career Criminal Act

In United States v Stitt, decided on December 10, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the term “burglary,” as used in the federal Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), includes the burglary of any “structure or vehicle that has been adapted or ...

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SCOTUS to Take Up Rare 21st Amendment Case in January 2019

SCOTUS to Take Up Rare 21st Amendment Case

When they return to the bench in January, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will consider their first case involving the 21st Amendment in more than a decade. Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Clayton Byrd involves the co...

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Will Supreme Court Abolish Deference to “reasonable interpretation” in Kisor v Wilkie?

Will Supreme Court Abolish Deference to “reasonable interpretation” in Kisor v Wilkie?

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear Kisor v Wilkie, which has the potential to be a blockbuster in the area of administrative law. The question before the Court is whether it should overrule Auer v. Robbins, which hold that courts mu...

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How a Frog Habitat in Louisiana May Begin to Curb Administrative Agency Power in Weyerhaeuser Company v United States Fish and Wildlife Service

How a Frog Habitat in Louisiana May Begin to Curb Administrative Agency Power in Weyerhaeuser Company v United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Supreme Court has sent Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 586 U. S. ____ (2018), back to the lower court.  It remains to be seen whether this seemingly simple case of statutory interpretation may also signal th...

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The Amendments

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    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
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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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