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Divided Court Rules U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Decision Subject to Judicial Review

Divided Court Rules U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Decision Subject to Judicial Review

In Salinas v. United States Railroad Retirement Board, 592 U. S. ____ (2021), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that a refusal by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board to reopen a ...

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SCOTUS to Hear Potential Blockbuster Voting Rights Case

SCOTUS to Hear Potential Blockbuster Voting Rights Case

Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two significant voting rights cases out of Arizona. The cases, Arizona Republican Party v. Democratic National Committee and&nb...

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SCOTUS Rules Retaining Bankruptcy Debtor’s Property Doesn’t Violate Automatic Stay

SCOTUS Rules Retaining Bankruptcy Debtor’s Property Doesn’t Violate Automatic Stay

In City of Chicago, Illinois v. Fulton, 592 U.S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court held that retaining estate property after the filing of a bankruptcy petition does not viola...

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DACA

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Three Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court began its January sitting on January 11, 2020. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the justices will continue to hear oral arguments remotely for the fores...

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Supreme Court Rules Census Suit Not Ripe for Judicial Review

Supreme Court Rules Census Suit Not Ripe for Judicial Review

The U.S. Supreme Court recently dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s policy of excluding undocumented immigrants from the apportionment base when conduct...

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SCOTUS Sides With New Mexico in Interstate Dispute Over Pecos River

SCOTUS Sides With New Mexico in Interstate Dispute Over Pecos River

In Texas v. New Mexico, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court denied a motion by the State of Texas to review the Pecos River Master’s determination that New Mexico wa...

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Military Rape

US Supreme Court Rejects Statute of Limitations for Military Rape

In United States v. Briggs, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that there was no time limit for filing rape charges under the Uniform Code of Militar...

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Religious Freedom

SCOTUS Rules Litigants Can Sue Federal Officials Individually in Religious Freedom Suits

In Tanzin v. Tanvir, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993’s (RFRA) express remedies provision auth...

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Delaware

SCOTUS Relies on lack of Standing to Uphold Delaware Judicial Balance Requirement

In Carney v. Adams, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a provision in the Delaware State Constitution that requires that appointments to Delaware’s major cou...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down NY COVID-19 Rule Restricting Attendance at Houses of Worship

Supreme Court Strikes Down NY COVID-19 Rule Restricting Attendance at Houses of Worship

The U.S. Supreme Court has enjoined an executive order issued by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo restricting attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit...

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Supreme Court Holds Time Limit of Federal Rules Applies to Voidness Motions
by DONALD SCARINCI on April 1, 2026
Supreme Court Holds Time Limit of Federal Rules Applies to Voidness Motions

In Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton, 607 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court ...

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SCOTUS Rules 4th Circuit Erred in Granting New Trial in Klein v. Martin
by DONALD SCARINCI on March 31, 2026
SCOTUS Rules 4th Circuit Erred in Granting New Trial in Klein v. Martin

In Klein v. Martin, 607 U.S. ____ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that federal courts mus...

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SCOTUS Rejects Delaware Affidavit of Merit Requirement
by DONALD SCARINCI on March 12, 2026
SCOTUS Rejects Delaware Affidavit of Merit Requirement

In Berk v. Choy, 607 U.S. ____ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a Delaware law ...

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The Amendments

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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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