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Perez v. Mortage Bankers Association: APA Compliance

What you need to know about Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association In Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association, 135 S.Ct. 1199 (2015), the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal agencies do not have to follow the "notice-and-comment" procedures of the Adm...

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Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association: Video Games & The First Amendment

In Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 US 08-1448 (2011), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The...

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T-Mobile South LLC v. City of Roswell: Municipal Denials of Cell Tower Requests

In T-Mobile South LLC v. City of Roswell, 135 S.Ct. 808 (2015), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal Telecommunications Act mandates that municipalities provide a written explanation when denying a cell tower application. Moreover, the explan...

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U.S. Supreme Court Review For October, 2015

U.S. Supreme Court Review for October, 2015: The justices of the Court have been busy since returning to the bench. The Supreme Court Review covers oral arguments in ten cases and added a number of important new cases to the docket. On Oc...

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Boumediene v. Bush: Constitutional Rights of Guantanamo Detainees

In Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 (2008), the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the rights of foreign citizens detained at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By a vote of 5-4, the Court held that in Boumediene v. Bush the detainees ha...

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SCOTUS up to 47 cases for 2015-16 Term Docket

The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) kicked off its new term on October 5, 2015 and filled about 2/3 of its docket. In total, SCOTUS  granted certiorari in thirteen new cases during its September 28 long conference, bringing the docket to 47.  Last term th...

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NFIB v. Sebelius: ACA Survives First Constitutional Challenge

In NFIB v. Sebelius, 567 US __ (2012), the U.S. Supreme Court considered its first constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act. By a vote of 5-4, the Court held that the statute’s “individual mandate” provision was a valid exercise of C...

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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle: The End of Race Based School Populations

In Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle, 551 U.S. 701 (2007), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that public school districts can’t use race as the sole determining factor for assigning students to schools, even if they are doing so to a...

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Ayotte v Planned Parenthood: The Remedy For Unconstitutional Laws

Ayotte v Planned Parenthood of Northern New England 546 U.S. 320 (2006), is the parental notification of abortion case that many had hoped would overturn Roe v. Wade. Instead, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to revisit the legality of abortion in A...

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Korematsu v. United States: National Security Outweighs Individual Rights

In Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Executive Order that banned American citizens of Japanese descent from certain areas in the name of national security. The case was just one of several lawsuits c...

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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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    • The Right to Bear Arms
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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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