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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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SCOTUS Concludes Oral Arguments for the Term

SCOTUS Concludes Oral Arguments for the Term

The U.S. Supreme Court has concluded its oral arguments for the 2022-2023 Term. The Court’s final week included four cases, with issues ranging from bankruptcy to RICO to gove...

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Supreme Court Cases to Watch in the October Sitting
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 23, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, which began on October 6, has the potential to be historic. In...

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SCOTUS Clears Way for Termination of FTC Commissioner
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 17, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court’s emergency order in Trump v. Slaughter, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), allows Pres...

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U.S. Supreme Court Adds Tariff Case to Docket
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 15, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider two lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s n...

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The Amendments

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    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
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    • Freedom of Assembly, and Petitition
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    • Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
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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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