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May 10, 2023 | SCOTUS Concludes Oral Arguments for the Term

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Brown v Legal Foundation of Washington (2003)

Brown v Legal Foundation of Washington (2003)

In Brown v Legal Foundation of Washington, 538 U.S. 216 (2003), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the use of interest on lawyers' trust accounts to pay for legal services provided to the needy did not constitute a state taking in violation of the Just...

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No Taking Clause Exception to Full Faith and Credit Statute in San Remo Hotel v City and County of San Francisco 2005

No Taking Clause Exception to Full Faith and Credit Statute in San Remo Hotel v City and County of San Francisco

In San Remo Hotel v City and County of San Francisco, 545 U.S. 323 (2005), the U.S. Supreme Court declined to create an exception to the full faith and credit statute in order to provide a federal forum for litigants seeking to advance federal taking...

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Artis v District of Columbia: Statute of Limitations Stops in Federal Courts

Artis v District of Columbia: Statute of Limitations for State Claims Stops While in Federal Court

In Artis v District of Columbia, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that bringing state claims in federal court stops the clock on the statute of limitations for those claims. The decision represented the first time that the justices ...

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National Association of Manufacturers v Department of Defense: WOTUS Challenges To Be Handled in District Courts

Clean Water Rule Challenges Belong in District Courts in National Association of Manufacturers v Department of Defense

In National Association of Manufacturers v Department of Defense, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified that legal challenges involving the Waters of the United States Rule (often referred to as the “Clean Water Rule”) must be filed in the federal dis...

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Qualified Immunity To Police Officers in District of Columbia v Wesby

Qualified Immunity to Police Officers in District of Columbia v Wesby

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in District of Columbia v Wesby, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), that police officers had probable cause to arrest several partygoers at a raucous, late-night Washington, D.C. party. The Court further held that the offi...

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SCOTUS Has Busy Month - Adds Twelve Cases to Docket

Supreme Court Adds Twelves Cases to Docket

The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this month. The justices recently added 12 news cases to their docket, including another redistricting dispute and a closely-watched case involving the collection of sales taxes by out-of-state retailers. ...

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Death Row Inmate Case Returns To Trial Court in Tharpe v Sellers (2018)

Juror Racial Bias Returns Death Row Inmate Case to Trial Court in Tharpe v Sellers

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a Georgia death row inmate should be able to continue his effort to reopen his case. In its per curium opinion in Tharpe v Sellers, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the Court noted that the defendant faced long odds i...

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SCOTUS Adds Another Political Gerrymandering Case to Docket in Benisek v Lamone

SCOTUS Adds Another Partisan-Gerrymandering Case to Docket in Benisek v Lamone

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Benisek v Lamone. The case, which challenges a Maryland redistricting map, is the second partisan-gerrymandering case before the justices this term. The Court now has cases by both Republicans and...

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SCOTUS To Address Political Clothing in Polling Locations in Minnesota Voters Alliance v Mansky

SCOTUS to Address Political Clothing at Polling Places in Minnesota Voters Alliance v Mansky

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in yet another important First Amendment case. The issue in Minnesota Voters Alliance v Mansky is whether a Minnesota law, which broadly bans all political apparel at polling locations, violates the First...

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US Supreme Court Preview: NIFLA v Becerra

Supreme Court Preview: NIFLA v Becerra

In November, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in what could be another blockbuster First Amendment case. The issue in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v Becerra is whether a California law that requires “crisis pregn...

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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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