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

In Gaffney v Cummings, 412 U.S. 735 (1973), the U.S. Supreme Court held that exact equality between districts was not required for state redistricting as it is for Congressional districts. The Court further held that “political fairness” could j...

In Vieth v Jubelirer, 541 U.S. 267 (2004), a plurality of the U.S. Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims are non-justiciable and sought to overrule the Court’s prior decision in Davis v. Bandemer. In his concurrence, Justice Antho...

In Davis v Bandemer, 478 U.S. 109 (1986), the U.S. Supreme Court held that held partisan gerrymandering claims were justiciable. However, the justices failed to agree on a legal standard to address them. Facts of the Case In 1981, the India...

In Murdock v Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a municipal ordinance that taxed the door-to-door sale of religious merchandise. According to the divided Court, such a tax violated the First Amendment’s Free Exer...

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

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

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

