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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 imp...

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SCOTUS Adopts New Standard for Religious Accommodations Cases

SCOTUS Adopts New Standard for Religious Accommodations Cases

In Groff v. DeJoy, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court modified the religious accommodation standard under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which requires employers t...

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SCOTUS Fails to Identify Leaker of Dobbs Opinion

Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

In Biden v. Nebraska, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program. Relying on “ordinary tools of sta...

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SCOTUS Concludes Oral Arguments for the Term

Supreme Court Clarifies First Amendment Test for True Threats

In Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that to establish that a statement is a “true threat” unprotected by the First Amendment, the st...

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Supreme Court Rules States Can't Challenge Federal Immigration Policy

Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Challenge Federal Immigration Policy

In United States v. Texas, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcemen...

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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 ...

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Supreme Court Holds Retaining Excess Value Violated Takings Clause

Supreme Court Holds Retaining Excess Value Violated Takings Clause

In Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the government can’t keep the profits of properties sold to satisfy tax debts. Accordingly...

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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 por...

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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. Acco...

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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 challen...

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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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