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

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Town of Chester v Laroe Estates, Inc: Supreme Court Rules Intervenors Must Have Standing

Town of Chester v Laroe Estates, Inc: Supreme Court Rules Intervenors Must Have Standing

In Town of Chester v Laroe Estates, Inc, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a litigant seeking to intervene as of right under Federal Rule Of Procedure 24(a)(2) must meet the requirements of Article III standing if the intervenor...

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County of Los Angeles vs Mendez: Supreme Court Strikes Down Ninth Circuit’s Provocation Rule

County of Los Angeles vs Mendez: Supreme Court Strikes Down Ninth Circuit’s Provocation Rule

In County of Los Angeles vs Mendez, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s controversial provocation rule, which required courts to consider pre-shooting conduct when determining the reasonable...

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BNSF Railway Co v Tyrrell: Corporations Cannot Be Sued in All State Courts

BNSF Railway Co v Tyrrell: Corporations Cannot Be Sued in All State Courts

In BNSF Railway Co v Tyrrell, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Montana court’s general personal jurisdiction over a corporate defendant violated due process. The decision reaffirmed the Court’s decision in Daimler AG v. B...

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Cooper v Harris: North Carolina Congressional Redistricting Overturned

Cooper v Harris: North Carolina Congressional Redistricting Overturned

In Cooper v Harris, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down two congressional redistricting maps in North Carolina. By a vote of 5-3, the majority held that the District Court did not err in concluding that race was the predominant ...

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Water Splash v Menon: Supreme Court Allows International Judicial Process by Mail

Water Splash v Menon: Supreme Court Allows International Judicial Process by Mail

In Water Splash v Menon, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Hague Service Convention does not prohibit service of judicial process by mail. With regard to whether it is permissible, the Court further held that ser...

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Kindred Nursing Centers, LP v Clark

Kindred Nursing Centers, LP v Clark: FAA Trumps Kentucky Arbitration Law

The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down yet another state law disfavoring arbitration agreements. In Kindred Nursing Centers, LP v Clark, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the Court held that the Kentucky Supreme Court’s “clear-statement” rule violate...

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Midland Funding, LLC v Johnson: U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Debt Collector

Midland Funding, LLC v Johnson: U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Debt Collector

In Midland Funding, LLC v Johnson, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a debt collector’s filing of a proof of claim that is obviously time-barred is not a false, deceptive, misleading, unfair, or unconscionable debt collection ...

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Manrique v United States: Deferred Restitution Order Requires 2nd Notice of Appeal

Manrique v United States: Deferred Restitution Order Requires 2nd Notice of Appeal

Manrique v United States In Manrique v United States, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant seeking to appeal an order imposing restitution in a deferred restitution case must file a notice of appeal from that order....

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Coventry Health v Nevils

Coventry Health v Nevils: Supreme Court Rejects Missouri FEHBA Preemption

In Coventry Health v Nevils, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Missouri exceeded its authority in attempting to regulate the subrogation and reimbursement provisions in the contracts of Federal Employees Health Ben...

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Bank of America Corp v City of Miami: City of Miami is an Aggrieved Person Under the FHA

Bank of America Corp v City of Miami: City of Miami is an Aggrieved Person Under the FHA

In Bank of America Corp v City of Miami, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the City of Miami qualifies as an “aggrieved person” under the Fair Housing Act. However, it also held that further proceedings are needed to determi...

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The Amendments

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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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