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Excessive Force

Graham v Connor Established Standard for Excessive Force Claims

In Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989), the U.S. Supreme Court established the legal framework for evaluating excessive force claims against law enforcement officers. Under the Court’s decision, courts must apply the objective reasonableness sta...

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Ministerial Exception

SCOTUS to Clarify Scope of Ministerial Exception

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel. The cases involve the ministerial exception, a First Amendment doctrine that bars courts from adjudicating employme...

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Ministerial Exception

Supreme Court Established Ministerial Exception in Hosana-Tabor

In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC, 565 U.S. 171 (2012), the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the ministerial exception for the first time. The First Amendment doctrine precludes the application of employment-di...

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Trump's Financial Documents

Justices Agree to Take on Cases Over Trump’ Financial Documents

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to wade into the battle over access to President Donald Trump’s financial documents. While the cases arise out of a partisan political dispute, they also involve significant issues of constitutional law. In a ...

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DA

Supreme Court Oral Argument in December, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in five cases last week. The cases involved diverse areas of law ranging from intellectual property to immigration. However, a similar question united many of the cases — the extent of judicial review ov...

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Elrod v. Burns

First Amendment Rights of Public Employees Under Elrod v. Burns

In Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347 (1976), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the practice of dismissing public employees for partisan reasons runs afoul of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Facts of the Case Several Republican non-civil se...

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Second Amendment

Justices Could Skirt Second Amendment in Gun Rights Case

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, New York. The case, which involves a constitutional challenge to a New York City ordinance that banned transporting a lic...

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Presser v. Illinois

Presser v. Illinois – The Court’s Original Second Amendment Case

In Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), the U.S. Supreme Court first considered the Second Amendment. It held that the Second Amendment prevented the states from “prohibit[ing] the people from keeping and bearing arms, so as to deprive the ...

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SCOTUS Rejects Non-Delegation Challenge to FCC Telecom Access Program
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 30, 2025

In Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supre...

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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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