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September 11, 2025 | SCOTUS Rules Death Row Inmate Has Standing to Challenge Post Conviction DNA Testing Procedures

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Will Supreme Court Abolish Deference to “reasonable interpretation” in Kisor v Wilkie?

Will Supreme Court Abolish Deference to “reasonable interpretation” in Kisor v Wilkie?

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear Kisor v Wilkie, which has the potential to be a blockbuster in the area of administrative law. The question before the Court is whether it should overrule Auer v. Robbins, which hold that courts mu...

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How a Frog Habitat in Louisiana May Begin to Curb Administrative Agency Power in Weyerhaeuser Company v United States Fish and Wildlife Service

How a Frog Habitat in Louisiana May Begin to Curb Administrative Agency Power in Weyerhaeuser Company v United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Supreme Court has sent Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 586 U. S. ____ (2018), back to the lower court.  It remains to be seen whether this seemingly simple case of statutory interpretation may also signal th...

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November 19, 2018 Week SCOTUS Oral Arguments

November 19, 2018 Week in Review: Eighth Amendment Ban on Excessive Fines

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in five cases this week, one of which has the potential to be a blockbuster. The issue before the Court in Timbs v. Indiana is whether the Eighth Amendment ban on “excessive fines” applies to the states...

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SCOTUS to Consider American Legion v American Humanist Association

SCOTUS to Hear First Amendment Crosses on Public Property in American Legion v American Humanist Association

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a potential blockbuster case involving the First Amendment. The issue in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association is whether a World War I memorial, which is located on public property, i...

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Mount Lemmon Fire District v Guido 2018

Mount Lemmon Fire District v Guido: Age Discriminations Law Covers All Public Employers

In its first published decision of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) applies to state and local governments, regardless of the size. The Court’s decision in Mount Lemmon Fire District...

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Oral Arguments Week of Nov 5 2018

Oral Arguments in Six Cases Include Hovercrafts and Lethal Injection

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases this week. The issues before the justices were extremely varied, ranging from whether hovercrafts should be allowed on Alaska conservation land to whether adefendant’s medical condition make...

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Oral Arguments Week of October 22, 2018

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Six New Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases this week. The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) took center stage, with two cases involving the statute. Other highlights included the propriety of cy pres class-action settlements and the immuni...

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United States v Ballard 1944

United States v Ballard and Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs

In United States v Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944), the U.S. Supreme Court held that whether a religious belief is true or false should not be taken into consideration under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. The decision solidified the Court...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of First Step Act to Vacated Sentences
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In Hewitt v. United States, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the First ...

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In FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that e-cigare...

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The Amendments

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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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