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

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SCOTUS Holds No Time Limit for Damages Under Copyright Act

SCOTUS Holds No Time Limit for Damages Under Copyright Act

In Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to obtain monetary relief for any timely infringement claim, no matter when the infringement occurred. The C...

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Scheme

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Scheme

In Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd., 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the funding scheme that supports the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). By a vote...

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Supreme Court Rejects Strict Criminal Forfeiture Timelines

Supreme Court Rejects Strict Criminal Forfeiture Timelines

In McIntosh v. United States, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court’s failure to comply with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(b)(2)(B)’s requirement to enter a preliminary order imposing criminal forfeit...

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SCOTUS Sides With California Developer in Takings Case

SCOTUS Sides With California Developer in Takings Case

In Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a traffic impact fee imposed by the County of El Dorado based on a fee schedule in the County’s General Plan ran afoul of the Constitution’s Takings Clause....

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Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Suits Alleging Discriminatory Transfers

Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Suits Alleging Discriminatory Transfers

In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an employee challenging a job transfer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must show that the transfer brought about some harm ...

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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

In Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) exemption for transportation workers in interstate commerce applies to transportation workers regardles...

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Supreme Court Clarifies “Safety Valve” in Federal Criminal Sentencing Laws

Supreme Court Clarifies “Safety Valve” in Federal Criminal Sentencing Laws

In Pulsifer v. United States, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly interpreted 18 U.S.C. §3553(f ), which establishes eligibility for a “safety valve” for defendants to avoid mandatory minimum prison sentences. By a vote of 6-3...

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SCOTUS Rules Double Jeopardy Bans Retrial of Defendant Found Non-Guilty by Reason of Insanity

SCOTUS Rules Double Jeopardy Bans Retrial of Defendant Found Non-Guilty by Reason of Insanity

In McElrath v. Georgia, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Georgia can’t retry a defendant acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. The justices unanimously held that the jury’s verdict that Damian McElrath was...

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NJ Supreme Court Reverses Conviction for Promoting Organized Crime

SCOTUS Rules FBI Must Face Lawsuit Over No-Fly List

In FBI v. Fikre, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Yonas Fikre’s lawsuit against the FBI is not moot. Accordingly, his suit alleging that the government placed him on the No Fly List unlawfully may proceed in the lower courts....

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SCOTUS Considers Pair of High-Profile First Amendment Cases

SCOTUS Considers Pair of High-Profile First Amendment Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases last week, with two potential First Amendment blockbusters before the Court. In National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, the justices considered the NRA’s free speech claims agains...

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by DONALD SCARINCI on September 4, 2025

In FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that e-cigare...

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In McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supre...

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SCOTUS Lifts Injunction Blocking Trump Administration’s Plans to Reduce Federal Workforce
by DONALD SCARINCI on August 27, 2025

In Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Cou...

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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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