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May 10, 2023 | SCOTUS Concludes Oral Arguments for the Term

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SCOTUS Unanimously Upholds Faithless Elector Laws

SCOTUS Unanimously Upholds Faithless Elector Laws

In Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state “faithless elector” laws. The justices unanimously ruled that states may enforce an ele...

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Trump v. Vance

SCOTUS Issues Landmark Decision on President Trump’s Financial Records

In Trump v. Vance, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump is not immune to state subpoenas for his financial records. By a vote of 7-2, ...

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DACA

Divided Court Rules Trump Administration Can’t End DACA…For Now

In Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Department of Homeland Security’s de...

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Supreme Court Rules All Dismissals Count as Strike Under Prison Litigation Reform Act

In Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez, 590 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that indigent prisoners generally get no more than three attempts at filing lawsuits in forma paupe...

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South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

SCOTUS Refuses to Stay Order Limiting Church Attendance in Response to COVID-19

In South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom , 590 U. S. ____ (2020), a divided U.S. Supreme Court refused to stay, pending appeal, an executive order by California Gov. Gav...

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under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

SCOTUS Unanimously Rules Punitive Damages Available Under FSIA for Embassy Bombing

In Opati v. Republic of Sudan, 590 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that plaintiffs in a suit against a foreign state for personal injury or death caus...

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SCOTUS Establishes New Test Under Clean Water Act

The U.S. Supreme Court struck a middle ground in the most closely-watched environmental case of the October 2019 Term. By a vote of 6-3, the Court held in County of Maui, Hawaii...

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US Supreme Court Overturns Bridgegate Convictions

In Kelly v. United States, 590 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal convictions arising out of New Jersey’s infamous “Bridgegate” scandal. Accordin...

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Clean Water Act

New Test Under Clean Water Act

The U.S. Supreme Court struck a middle ground in the most closely-watched environmental case of the October 2019 Term. By a vote of 6-3, the Court held in County of Maui, Hawaii...

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SCOTUS Fails to Reach Merits of Second Amendment Case

The U.S. Supreme Court failed to reach the merits in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. City of New York.  However, there are signs that justices are interested in ...

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In Wilkins v. United States, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Quiet Title...

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SCOTUS Takes on Jack Daniels’ First Amendment Parody Case
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The Amendments

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    • 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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