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Political Speech Under Burson v Freeman

Political Speech Under Burson v Freeman

In Burson v Freeman, 504 U.S. 191 (1992), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a provision of the Tennessee Code, which prohibits the solicitation of votes and the display or distribution of campaign materials within 100 feet of the entrance to a pollin...

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Students’ Right of Expression Under Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier

Students’ Right of Expression Under Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier

In Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988), the U.S. Supreme Court held that school officials don’t violate the First Amendment by exercising editorial control over the content of student speech, so long as their actions are "re...

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Wittman v Personhuballah Dismissed Due to Lack of Standing

Wittman v Personhuballah Dismissed Due to Lack of Standing

In Wittman v Personhuballah, 578 U. S. ____ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that none of the three Members of Congress from Virginia who brought the racial gerrymandering suit had legal standing to challenge the state’s redistrict...

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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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