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HOSANNA-TABOR EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL v. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION et al.
Syllabus of the Court Petitioner Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School is a member congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. The Synod classifies its school teachers into two categories: “called” and “lay.”...
PADILLA v. KENTUCKY
Syllabus of the Court Petitioner Padilla, a lawful permanent resident of the United States for over 40 years, faces deportation after pleading guilty to drug-distribution charges in Kentucky. In postconviction proceedings, he claims that his...
MCCULLOCH v. MARYLAND
Syllabus of the Court Congress has power to incorporate a bank The Act of the 10th of April, 1816, ch. 44, to "incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States" is a law made in pursuance of the Constitution. The Government...
NEW JERSEY v. T.L.O.
Syllabus of the Court A teacher at a New Jersey high school, upon discovering respondent, then a 14-year-old freshman, and her companion smoking cigarettes in a school lavatory in violation of a school rule, took them to the Principal's offi...
GRUTTER V. BOLLINGER
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 02-241. Argued April 1, 2003--Decided June 23, 2003 The University of Michigan Law School (Law School), one of the Nation's top law schools, follows an official admissions ...
ZIVOTOFSKY V. CLINTON
MENACHEM BINYAMIN ZIVOTOFSKY, by his parents and guardians, ARI Z. and NAOMI SIEGMAN ZIVOTOFSKY, PETITIONER v. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, SECRETARY OF STATE On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circui...
MARBURY V. MADISON
MARBURY V. MADISON MARSHALL, C.J., Opinion of the Court SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Cite as: 5 U.S. 137 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. At the last term, on the affidavits then read and filed with ...
GRISWOLD V. CONNECTICUT
GRISWOLD V. CONNECTICUT APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF CONNECTICUT No. 496 Argued: March 29-30, 1965 --- Decided: June 7, 1965 Cite as: 381 U.S. 479 MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court. Appellant Griswold is E...
UNITED STATES V. JONES
UNITED STATES v. JONES CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 10–1259. Argued November 8, 2011—Decided January 23, 2012 Cite as: 565 U. S. ____ (2012) The Government obtained a sea...
MARTEL V. CLAIR
MARTEL, WARDEN V. CLAIR Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit No. 10–1265. Argued December 6, 2011—Decided March 5, 2012 Cite as: 565 U. S. ____ (2012) Respondent Clair was charged with capital murde...
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SCOTUS Holds LGBTQ+ Curriculum With No Opt-Out Violates Free Exercise Clause
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 22, 2025
In Mahmoud v. Taylor, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court sided with parents challenging t...
SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Decision Limits Lower Courts’ Power to Issue Nationwide Injunctions
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 16, 2025
In Trump v. CASA, Inc., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Government’s app...
Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 10, 2025
In United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Tennessee’s ...
