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August 27, 2025 | SCOTUS Lifts Injunction Blocking Trump Administration’s Plans to Reduce Federal Workforce

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SCOTUS Adds Two Additional Gun Rights Cases to Docket

SCOTUS Adds Two Additional Gun Rights Cases to Docket

The U.S. Supreme Court continues to add high-profile gun rights cases to its docket. One of the new cases involves a First Amendment challenge brought by the National Rifle Association (NRA). The second case centers on whether a “bump stock” –...

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Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of State Social Media Laws

Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of State Social Media Laws

Social media is poised to be a hot topic for the U.S. Supreme Court next term. The justices recently granted certiorari in two cases challenging state laws that restrict social media companies’ ability to moderate content on their platforms. The k...

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring corporations operating within their borders to consent to personal jurisdiction when they register to do bu...

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SCOTUS Rules Retrial Is Constitutional After Conviction in Improper Venue

SCOTUS Rules Retrial Is Constitutional After Conviction in Improper Venue

In Smith v. the United States, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district. Fa...

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Scotus Limits Foreign Reach of Trademark Law

SCOTUS Limits Foreign Reach of Trademark Law

In Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc., 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the trademark infringement provisions of the Lanham Act do not apply extraterritorially, but rather extend only to claims where the infringing ...

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SCOTUS Narrows Reach of Identity Fraud Statute

SCOTUS Narrows Reach of Identity Fraud Statute

In Durbin v. United States, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the scope of a federal aggravated identity theft statute. The justices unanimously held that a defendant “uses” another person’s means of identification “in re...

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Supreme Court Upholds California Animal Welfare Law

Supreme Court Upholds California Animal Welfare Law

In National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to a California animal welfare law that requires pork sold in the state to come from humanely raised pigs. According to the ...

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SCOTUS Sides With Death Row Inmate in DNA-Testing Case

SCOTUS Sides With Death Row Inmate in DNA-Testing Case

In Reed v. Goertz,598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that death row inmate Rodney Reed did not wait too long to seek DNA testing of the evidence in his case. According to the Court majority, when a prisoner pursues state post-convicti...

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Supreme Court Greenlights Pre-enforcement Challenges to FTC and SEC Proceedings

Supreme Court Greenlights Pre-enforcement Challenges to FTC and SEC Proceedings

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), allows federal district courts to consider constitutional challenges to administrative proceedings prior to the issuance of final rulings...

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SCOTUS Concludes Oral Arguments for the Term

SCOTUS Concludes Oral Arguments for the Term

The U.S. Supreme Court has concluded its oral arguments for the 2022-2023 Term. The Court’s final week included four cases, with issues ranging from bankruptcy to RICO to government takings. Below is a brief summary of the issues before the Cou...

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The Amendments

  • Amendment1
    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
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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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