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July 10, 2025 | Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors

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In Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, bad-faith conduct

SCOTUS Clarifies District Court’s Ability to Sanction Bad-Faith Conduct

Bad-Faith Conduct In Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the lower court exceeded its authority when it imposed a $2.7 million sanction against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for discove...

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Nelson v Colorado: Fines Must Be Reimbursed to Exonerated Defendants

Nelson v Colorado: Fines Must Be Reimbursed to Exonerated Defendants

The U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Colorado must return fines and costs assessed against criminal defendants whose convictions have been reversed. The justices decided Nelson v Colorado, 581 U. S. ____ (2017) by a vote of 7-1, with Justice...

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Full Nine-Member Court Considers Last Seven Cases of 2016-17 Term

Full Nine-Member Court Considers Last Seven Cases of 2016-17 Term

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in seven cases last week. The justices will spend the remainder of the term rendering decisions and selecting cases to consider next term.   Below is a brief summary of the last seven cases befor...

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Judge Mark W Delahay Impeached For Intoxication on Bench

Lincoln Ally US District Judge Mark W Delahay Impeached for Intoxication

Mark W Delahay, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1873 for being intoxicated on the bench. Delahay resigned from the bench prior to his trial before the U.S. Senate. ...

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Neil Gorsuch Has Busy First Week On U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Neil Gorsuch Has Busy First Week on Supreme Court

Justice Neil Gorsuch heard oral arguments in his first cases as a newly sworn-in member of the U.S. Supreme Court. One of the cases, Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley, could be blockbuster.   In Trinity, the justices must decide whether th...

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Federal Judge West Humphreys

District Court Judge West Humphreys Impeached After Joining Confederacy

West H. Humphreys, who served as a judge for U.S. District Court for the Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts of Tennessee, was impeached in 1862 after he advocated in favor of succession and joined the Confederacy. He was the only federal official...

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McLane v. EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

McLane v. EEOC Subpoenas Should Be Reviewed for Abuse of Discretion

In McLane v. EEOC, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court’s decision whether to enforce or quash a subpoena issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) should be reviewed for abuse of discretion ra...

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Expressions Hair Design v Schneiderman NY Credit Card Surcharge law

Expressions Hair Design v Schneiderman: First Amendment Protects NY Credit Card Surcharge Ban

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a New York law prohibiting merchants from charging surcharges for paying via credit card is subject to scrutiny under the First Amendment. The Court’s narrow decision in Expressions Hair De...

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Moore v Texas: Death Penalty in Texas

Moore v Texas: Death Penalty Standard for Mentally Disabled Violates Eighth Amendment

In Moore v Texas, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the standard used by the State of Texas to determine whether a mentally disabled defendant can be subjected to the death penalty violated the Constitution. By a vote of 5-3, th...

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Federal Judge John Pickering Impeachment

Federal Judge John Pickering Remebered For His Impeachment

John Pickering served as chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. However, he is most remembered as the first federal officer to be impeached. Earl...

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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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