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June 30, 2025 | Supreme Court Rejects Moment of Threat Doctrine in Deadly Force Case

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March 2017 SCOTUS oral arguments

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases last week. The most noteworthy case is Murr v. Wisconsin, which involves the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The specific question before the Court in Murr is whether physically contiguo...

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Pena-Rodriguez v Colorado Racial Bias

Racial Bias Trumps Juror Secrecy in Pena-Rodriguez v Colorado

A divided U.S. Supreme Court recently held that while jury deliberations should normally be kept secret, racial or ethnic bias mandates an exception to the rule. The court decided Pena-Rodriguez v Colorado, 580 U. S. ____ (2017) by a vote of 5-3. Fa...

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Gloucester County School Board v GG Case Remanded Back to Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Gloucester County School Board v GG Transgender Case Returned to Lower Court

The U.S. Supreme Court will not decide the potential blockbuster transgender bathroom case anytime soon. The justices recently remanded Gloucester County School Board v GG back to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.   Facts of Gloucester C...

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Fry v Napoleon Community Schools

Fry v Napoleon Community Schools Defines Difference between Disability and Education Claims

The U.S. Supreme Court recently released its decision in Fry v Napoleon Community Schools. The justices unanimously held that exhaustion of the administrative procedures established by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is unneces...

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Buck v Davis Case

Buck v Davis: Racial Bias & Sixth Amendment Might Reverse Death Sentence

In Buck v Davis, 580 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that a death row inmate was likely prejudiced by expert witness testimony offered by his own defense team that suggested he was more likely to be dangerous in the future bec...

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SCOTUS To Hear Trinity Lutheran Church v Pauley And Three Oral Arguments

Trinity Lutheran Church v Pauley and Three Oral Arguments Last Week

The U.S. Supreme Court has finally scheduled oral arguments in one of the Term’s most anticipated cases, Trinity Lutheran Church v Pauley. The case involves whether the state of Missouri violated the U.S. Constitution when it denied a church’s ap...

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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments Including Fatal Cross-Border Shooting Suit

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments Cross-Border Shooting Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court returned from recess this week and heard oral arguments in three cases. In what could be a significant decision, the justices considered the constitutionality of the shooting of an unarmed Mexican citizen by U.S. border patrol....

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Confirmation of Justice Elena Kagan

Confirmation of Justice Elena Kagan

In 2010, President Barak Obama nominated Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice John Paul Stevens. Her nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a 63–37 vote. Once sworn in, Kagan became the 112th justice and the fourth woman...

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California, San Francisco County Revisited

Personal Jurisdiction Over Corporations Revisited in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California, San Francisco County

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California, San Francisco County. The case involves an issue of great importance to U.S. businesses — the limits of specific jurisdiction.  ...

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Neil Gorsuch Nominated by President Donald Trump to U.S. Supreme Court

Trump Nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court

President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the long-standing vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, the conservative justice is likely to shape the landscape of the Court for decades to come.   Legal Education ...

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In Kousisis v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant wh...

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SCOTUS Holds Wire Fraud Statute Doesn’t Require Proof Victim Suffered Economic Loss
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In Kousisis v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant wh...

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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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