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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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SCOTUS Removes Trump Travel Ban From Calendar

Supreme Court Removes Trump Travel Ban from Calendar

The U.S. Supreme Court recently removed Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project and Trump v. Hawaii from its October calendar. The justices were scheduled to hear oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s travel ban on October 10, 2017. ...

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United States' Supreme Court's Busy First Week With Oral Arguments

U.S. Supreme Court’s Busy First Week of Oral Arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider six cases in its first week of oral arguments. Several of the cases are among the Court’s most anticipated, touching on issues such as partisan gerrymandering, digital privacy rights, immigration, and mandatory ...

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SCOTUS Preview: Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group

Supreme Court Preview: Patents and the Constitution in Oil States v Greene’s

In Oil States Energy Services LLC v Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) inter partes review process in constitutional. Challengers contend that the adversarial pa...

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Roth v US: Obscene Speech Under First Amendment

Roth v US: Obscene Speech Under First Amendment

In Roth v US, 354 U.S. 476 (1957), the U.S. Supreme Court held that obscene speech was not protected under the U.S. Constitution. The decision also established a test to determine whether speech should be considered obscene.   Facts of Roth...

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Class v United States: Does a Guilty Plea Waive A Constitutional Challenge?

Class v United States: Does a Guilty Plea Waive A Constitutional Challenge?

In Class v United States, the U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether a guilty plea inherently waives a defendant’s right to challenge the constitutionality of his conviction. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for October 4, 2017. &nbs...

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E-Filing

Supreme Court Begins New Term with Updated Website With E-Filing

While the justices were on summer break, the U.S. Supreme Court’s website got a much-needed update. Even more significant, the Court announced that e-filing will become mandatory in November. The Supreme Court is notorious for its slow adoption ...

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International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington

International Shoe Establishes Minimum Contacts Test

In International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945), the U.S. Supreme Court first established the minimum contacts test for determining whether a corporation is subject to the jurisdiction of a state court. Under the Court’s holdi...

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Jennings v. Rodriguez to Address Detection of Immigrants Under the Constitution

Jennings v. Rodriguez is one of the first cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will consider when the new term begins next month. While the cases involving President Trump’s travel ban are generating the most buzz, the Court’s decision in Jennings c...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of First Step Act to Vacated Sentences
by DONALD SCARINCI on September 4, 2025

In Hewitt v. United States, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the First ...

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SCOTUS Rules E-Cigarette Retailers Can Challenge FDA Order in Fifth Circuit
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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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Supreme Court Expands Judicial Review of Agency Actions
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In McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., 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
    • Freedoms of Press
    • Freedom of Assembly, and Petitition
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    • The Right to Bear Arms
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    • Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
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    • Due Process
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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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