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Separation of Powers Back Before Court in Collins v. Mnuchin

Separation of Powers Back Before Court in Collins v. Mnuchin

The U.S. Supreme Court will again consider the President's appointment and removal powers with regard to an independent, single-director federal agency. Last term, the Supreme C...

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Religious Liberty and LGBTQ+ Rights Back on the Docket in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Religious Liberty and LGBTQ+ Rights Back on the Docket in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider two controversial and often-competing constitutional issues — LGBTQ rights and religious ...

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Supreme Court Preview: Kansas v. Glover

SCOTUS to Clarify What Constitutes a Fourth Amendment Seizure

When the U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench next month, one of the first cases it will consider involves what constitutes a seizure for purposes of the Fourth Amendment’s...

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SCOTUS Invalidates Government Debt Collection Exception to Robo Call Ban

SCOTUS Invalidates Government Debt Collection Exception to Robo Call Ban

In Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc., 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the exception to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of ...

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AIDS

SCOTUS Holds Condition for AIDS Funding Is Constitutional As Applied to Foreign Affiliates of Domestic NGOs

In Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that because the foreign affiliates...

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SCOTUS Rejects Appointments Clause Challenge to Puerto Rico Oversight Board

SCOTUS Rejects Appointments Clause Challenge to Puerto Rico Oversight Board

In Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, 590 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution’s Appointment...

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SCOTUS Issues Major Tribal Rights Ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma

SCOTUS Issues Major Tribal Rights Ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma

In McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. ____ (2020), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that much of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation for the purposes of  federal...

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SCOTUS Rules Ministerial Exception Bars Teachers’ Discrimination Suits

SCOTUS Rules Ministerial Exception Bars Teachers’ Discrimination Suits

In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that two Catholic school teachers could not p...

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SCOTUS Upholds Affordable Care Act’s Religious and Moral Exemptions

SCOTUS Upholds Affordable Care Act’s Religious and Moral Exemptions

In Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exemption for emplo...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down CFPB Removal Provision But Leaves Agency Intact

In Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held the restriction in the Dodd-Frank Act that allowed president’s abi...

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SCOTUS Rules Court Can Restrict Attorney-Client Discussions During Overnight Recess
by DONALD SCARINCI on April 15, 2026
SCOTUS Rules Court Can Restrict Attorney-Client Discussions During Overnight Recess

In Villarreal v. Texas,607 U.S. ____ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a qualifi...

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The Amendments

  • Amendment1
    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
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    • Freedom of Assembly, and Petitition
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    • The Right to Bear Arms
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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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