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July 16, 2025 | SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Decision Limits Lower Courts’ Power to Issue Nationwide Injunctions

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The Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause Under Crawford v. Washington

In Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court overhauled the test for determining whether a hearsay statement is admissible in a criminal trial. The Court held that testimonial statements of witnesses absent from trial are on...

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Supreme Court Heard Oral Arguments in Four Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court has returned from its winter break. The justices heard oral arguments in four cases, all of which called on the Court to interpret federal laws, including the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, the Mineral Leasing Act, the Fede...

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SCOTUS Sides With Patrol Agent in Cross-Border Shooting Case

In Hernandez v. Mesa, 589 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the parents of a 15-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent shooting across the Mexican border could not pursue a damages claim. In so ruling, the majori...

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State’s Sovereign Immunity Under Alden v Maine

In Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706 (1999), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Congress can’t use its Article I powers under Constitution to subject unconsenting states to suit in state court. The decision extended the Court’s prior holding in Seminol...

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SCOTUS to Revisit ACA’s Contraception Mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to again take on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) controversial contraception mandate. This time around, the justices will consider rules adopted by the Trump Administration that expanded the mandate’s exceptions...

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SCOTUS Gives “Public Charge” Rule the Green Light in DHS v New York

In Department of Homeland Security v. New York, 589 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may implement a rule that changes the agency’s approach to the determination whether a noncitizen i...

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Massachusetts v. EPA Sets the Standard for Climate Lawsuits

With climate change lawsuits on the rise, environmentalists are concerned that the conservative-leaning Supreme Court may revisit a landmark environmental law decision. In Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), the Court ruled by a vote of 5-4 t...

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Faithless Electors Up for Grabs

The United States Supreme Court will hear Chiafalo v. Washington, to decide whether members of the Electoral College may cast their votes for presidential candidates other than the one they have pledged to support. The case has significant implicati...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 10, 2025

In United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Tennessee’s ...

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Supreme Court Rejects Mexico’s Suit Against U.S. Gun Manufacturers
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 8, 2025

In Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Co...

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SCOTUS Sides With Employee in Reverse Discrimination Case
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 2, 2025

In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held tha...

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The Amendments

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    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
    • Freedoms of Press
    • Freedom of Assembly, and Petitition
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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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