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Timbs v. Indiana

SCOTUS Rules Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause Applies to States

In Timbs v. Indiana, 586 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Eight Amendments’ ban on excessive fines is applicable to states. The Court’s decision was unanimous. Facts of Timbs v. Indiana Tyson Timbs pleaded guilty in ...

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Gray v. Sanders

Gray v. Sanders Established “One Person, One Vote” Redistricting Principle

In Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368 (1963), the U.S. Supreme Court established the famous "one person, one vote" principle for legislative districting. “The concept of political equality...can mean only one thing—one person, one vote,” Justice Wi...

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Two Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Heard in March Will Impact Redistricting 2020

Two Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Heard in March Will Impact Redistricting 2020

Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider two cases involving partisan gerrymandering. One case, Benisek v Lamone, challenges a Maryland congressional district, while the other, Rucho v Common Cause, challenges North Carolina’s congressio...

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Second Amendment Case

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Second Amendment Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear its first major Second Amendment case in a decade. The case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v City of New York, involves a New York City gun-control law that prohibits transporting a...

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Richmond Newspapers Inc v Virginia Establishes Right to Attend Criminal Trials

Richmond Newspapers Inc v Virginia Establishes Right to Attend Criminal Trials

In Richmond Newspapers Inc v Virginia, 448 U.S. 555 (1980), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the right to attend criminal trials was "implicit in the guarantees of the First Amendment." Facts of Richmond Newspapers Inc v Virginia At the commen...

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Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., 586 U. S. ____ (2019)

Unanimous Court Rules Confidential Sales Can Invalidate Patent as Prior Art

In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., 586 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a commercial sale to a third party who is required to keep the invention confidential may place the invention “on sale...

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Stokeling v United States_ Divided Court Rules Necklace Snatching Is Violent Felony Under ACCA

Stokeling v United States: Divided Court Rules Necklace Snatching Is Violent Felony Under ACCA

In Stokeling v United States, 586 U.S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held by a vote of 5-4 that the Armed Career Criminal Act’s (ACCA) elements clause encompasses a robbery offense that, like Florida’s law, requires the criminal to overcom...

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SCOTUS Clarifies Scienter Standard for False Claims Act Cases
by DONALD SCARINCI on September 19, 2023

In U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., 598 U. S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that ...

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Supreme Court Decides Key Elections Law Case
by DONALD SCARINCI on September 12, 2023

In Yegiazaryan v. Smagin,599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a plaintiff alleges...

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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Encouraging Illegal Immigration
by DONALD SCARINCI on September 8, 2023

In United States v. Hansen, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that...

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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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