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Lloyd Corp v Tanner (1972) No First Amendment Rights on Private Property

Lloyd Corp v Tanner – No First Amendment Right to Protest at Privately-Owned Mall

In Lloyd Corp v Tanner, 407 U.S. 551 (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the owners of a shopping mall could prohibit anti-war activists from distributing leaflets at their center without violating the First Amendment. In reaching its decision...

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Kentucky v Dennison First Interprets the Extradition Clause

Kentucky v Dennison First Interprets the Extradition Clause

In Kentucky v Dennison, 65 U.S. 66 (1861), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Extradition Clause’s commands are mandatory and afford no discretion to executive officers of the asylum State. However, it further held that the federal courts h...

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SCOTUS Affirms Auer Deference in Kisor v Wilkie

SCOTUS Affirms Auer Deference in Kisor v Wilkie

In Kisor v. Wilke, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly affirmed the doctrine of Auer deference. However, the Court made it clear that the doctrine’s application has its limits. Doctrine of Auer Deference In Auer v Rob...

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Rucho v Common Cause: Supreme Court Rules Courts Can’t Solve Partisan Gerrymandering

Rucho v Common Cause: Supreme Court Rules Courts Can’t Solve Partisan Gerrymandering

In Rucho v Common Cause, 588 U.S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that courts have no role in resolving partisan gerrymandering claims. By a vote of 5-4, the divided Court held that such cases present political questions beyond the reach of...

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Gamble v. United States

SCOTUS Upholds Dual-Sovereignty Doctrine in Gamble v United States

In Gamble v. United States, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the “separate sovereigns” doctrine. Accordingly, states and the federal government may continue prosecuting individuals for the same crime. Facts of the Case ...

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The American Legion v American Humanist Association 2019

The American Legion v American Humanist Association: Bladensburg Cross Does Not Violate First Amendment

In The American Legion v American Humanist Association, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Bladensburg Cross does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. While seven justices agreed with the Court’s ju...

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Political Speech Under Burson v Freeman

Political Speech Under Burson v Freeman

In Burson v Freeman, 504 U.S. 191 (1992), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a provision of the Tennessee Code, which prohibits the solicitation of votes and the display or distribution of campaign materials within 100 feet of the entrance to a pollin...

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Indian Treaty Prevails in Herrera v Wyoming

Indian Treaty Prevails in Herrera v Wyoming

In Herrera v Wyoming, 587 U.S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Wyoming’s statehood did not abrogate the Crow Tribe’s 1868 federal treaty right to hunt on the “unoccupied lands of the United States.” The five-member majority fur...

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SCOTUS Overturns Precedent in Franchise Tax Board of California v Hyatt

SCOTUS Overturns Precedent in Franchise Tax Board of California v Hyatt

The U.S. Supreme Court recently made waves in a relatively nondescript case. In Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, 587 U.S. ____ (2019), a divided Court overturned Nevada v. Hall, 440 U.S. 410 (1979), holding that states retain their sovere...

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In Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Co...

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The Amendments

  • Amendment1
    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
    • Freedoms of Press
    • Freedom of Assembly, and Petitition
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  • Amendment2
    • The Right to Bear Arms
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    • Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
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    • Due Process
    • Eminent Domain
    • Rights of Criminal Defendants
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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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