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October 29, 2025 | SCOTUS Clears Way to Terminate Protected Status for Venezuelan Nationals

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Marinello v United States 2018

Marinello v United States: IRS “Omnibus Clause” Requires Nexus for Tax Obstruction

In Marinello v United States, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that prosecutors must establish a “nexus” between a particular administrative proceeding and a taxpayer’s conduct in order to obtain a conviction under the “Omni...

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March 2018: Six Oral Arguments

March Ends with Oral Arguments in Six Cases

  The U.S. Supreme Court ended the month with oral arguments in six cases. The majority of the issues before the justices involved criminal law, including the use of physical restraints and sentencing guidelines. The Court also considered yet...

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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Potential Freedom of Speech Blockbuster Case

Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Potential Blockbuster Free Speech Case

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases this week, including National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra. The high-profile case involves two controversial issues — free speech and abortion. While we will have to aw...

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Digital Realty Trust v Somers: SCOTUS Limits Protection Under Dodd-Frank

SCOTUS Decision Limits Whistleblower Protection under Dodd-Frank in Digital Realty Trust v Somers

The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation provision does not extend to individuals who have not reported a federal securities violation laws to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Court’s decision in Di...

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Rubin v Islamic Republic of Iran: Terror Victims Lack Recourse

Rubin v Islamic Republic of Iran: Terror Victims Lack Recourse

In Rubin v Islamic Republic of Iran, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Section 1610(g) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 does not provide a freestanding basis for parties holding a judgment under Section 1605A to a...

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Class v United States (2018)

Class v United States (2018) Guilty Plea Does Not Bar Federal Criminal Defendant from Challenging Constitutionality of Statute of Conviction

  Facts of Class v United States A federal grand jury indicted Rodney Class for possessing firearms in his locked jeep, which was parked on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D. C. Appearing pro se, Class asked the Distric...

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Artis v District of Columbia: Statute of Limitations Stops in Federal Courts

Artis v District of Columbia: Statute of Limitations for State Claims Stops While in Federal Court

In Artis v District of Columbia, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that bringing state claims in federal court stops the clock on the statute of limitations for those claims. The decision represented the first time that the justices ...

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National Association of Manufacturers v Department of Defense: WOTUS Challenges To Be Handled in District Courts

Clean Water Rule Challenges Belong in District Courts in National Association of Manufacturers v Department of Defense

In National Association of Manufacturers v Department of Defense, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified that legal challenges involving the Waters of the United States Rule (often referred to as the “Clean Water Rule”) must be filed in the federal dis...

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Qualified Immunity To Police Officers in District of Columbia v Wesby

Qualified Immunity to Police Officers in District of Columbia v Wesby

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in District of Columbia v Wesby, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), that police officers had probable cause to arrest several partygoers at a raucous, late-night Washington, D.C. party. The Court further held that the offi...

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SCOTUS Has Busy Month - Adds Twelve Cases to Docket

Supreme Court Adds Twelves Cases to Docket

The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this month. The justices recently added 12 news cases to their docket, including another redistricting dispute and a closely-watched case involving the collection of sales taxes by out-of-state retailers. ...

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Supreme Court Cases to Watch in the October Sitting
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 23, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, which began on October 6, has the potential to be historic. In...

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SCOTUS Clears Way for Termination of FTC Commissioner
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 17, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court’s emergency order in Trump v. Slaughter, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), allows Pres...

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U.S. Supreme Court Adds Tariff Case to Docket
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 15, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider two lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s n...

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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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  • Amendment4
    • 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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