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October 8, 2025 | Supreme Court Stays Order Blocking Roving Immigration Patrols in CA

Category: Supreme Court Decisions

SCOTUS January with Oral Arguments

SCOTUS Kicks Off January with Oral Arguments in Five Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court kicked off the New Year with oral arguments in five cases. The issues before the justices ranged from tribal sovereignty to state laws regarding credit card payments. Below is a brief summary:   Nelson v. Colorado: C...

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State Farm Fire & Casualty Co v United States

SCOTUS Clarifies False Claims Act’s Seal Requirement in State Farm Fire & Casualty Co v United States

In State Farm Fire & Casualty Co v United States, ex rel. Rigsby, et al., 580 U. S. ____ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court held that failing to satisfy the False Claims Act’s (FCA) seal requirement does not automatically warrant dismissal of the c...

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Shaw v United States

Supreme Court Sides with Prosecutors in Shaw v United States

The U.S. Supreme Court handed federal prosecutors another significant win. In Shaw v United States, 580 U. S. ____ (2016), the justices rejected the defendant's arguments that the federal bank fraud statute, which covers schemes to deprive a bank of ...

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SCOTUS December Oral Arguments

SCOTUS Oral Arguments in December, 2016

In December, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases, including two tough cases involving the use of race in redistricting. Justice Samuel Alito characterized them as “very, very complicated.” In the same vein, Justice Anthony ...

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Salman v United States

SCOTUS Issues Key Insider Trading Ruling in Salman v United States

The Supreme Court recently rendered its much-anticipated decision in Salman v United States, 580 U. S. ____ (2016). The Court’s unanimous decision, which held that gifts of confidential information from corporate insiders to relatives violate feder...

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Bravo-Fernandez v United States

Bravo-Fernandez v United States: Double Jeopardy and Issue Preclusion

In Bravo-Fernandez v United States, 580 U. S. ____ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Clause does not prohibit defendants from being retried after a jury has returned irreconcilably inconsistent verdicts of ...

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SCOTUS Wrap Ups November with Three Oral Arguments

After taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases last week. The issues before the justices included the detention of illegal aliens, the death penalty, and sentencing guidelines.   ...

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sex-offender-bans

U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of Sex Offender Bans from Social Media

The U.S. Supreme Court recently added another controversial case to its docket. In Packingham v. North Carolina, the justices will consider the constitutionality of a state law banning sex offenders from accessing certain social media sites.  &nb...

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texas v white

Texas v White Holds Confederate States Never Left Union

In Texas v White, 74 U.S. 700 (1869), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Texas never legally left the Union during the Civil War because the U.S. Constitution did not allow states to unilaterally secede. Accordingly, the acts of the insurgent state gov...

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Cooley v Board of Wardens: States Not excluded from Regulating Interstate Commerce

In Cooley v Board of Wardens, 53 U.S. 299 (1852), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the state may regulate interstate commerce under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause, provided that the subject of the regulation is local in nature.   The F...

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In CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court ...

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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
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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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