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US Supreme Court Preview: NIFLA v Becerra

Supreme Court Preview: NIFLA v Becerra

In November, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in what could be another blockbuster First Amendment case. The issue in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NI...

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SCOTUS Allows Enforcement of the Travel Ban

SCOTUS Allows Enforcement of The Travel Ban While Legal Challenges Are Pending

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted the federal government’s request to fully implement President Donald Trump’s September 24 proclamation while the federal appeals court...

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Sports Betting & Wedding Cakes Dominate Busy Week For SCOTUS

Sports Betting and Wedding Cakes Dominate Busy Week for SCOTUS

Before taking a break for the holidays, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in five cases, two of which may be blockbusters. In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civi...

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SCOTUS Back With Five Oral Arguments

SCOTUS Week Includes Five Oral Arguments

After taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, the U.S. Supreme Court had a busy week. The justices heard oral arguments in five cases, one of which involves whether law enfo...

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SCOTUS Clarifies Appellate Deadlines in Hamer v Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

SCOTUS Clarifies Appellate Deadlines in Hamer v Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its first full opinion of the October 2017 term in Hamer v Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, 583 U.S. ____ (2017). While the decision is not...

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Supreme Court Decides Kernan v Cuero 2017

Supreme Court Decides Kernan v Cuero

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Kernan v Cuero, 583 U.S. ____ (2017). In its per curium opinion, the Court held that the defendant was not entitled to specific performanc...

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Patchak v Zinke & Separation of Powers

Patchak v Zinke to Address Separation of Powers

The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Patchak v Zinke. The case involves whether Congress can enact a statute that withdraws federal court jurisdiction over a pendin...

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SCOTUS Hears Three Oral Arguments

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Three Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court ended a busy first month of the new term with oral arguments in three cases. Two of the cases involve writs of habeas corpus, while the second centers on...

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US v Microsoft Gets Supreme Court Hearing

United States v Microsoft Corp Gets a Supreme Court Hearing

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in United States v Microsoft Corp. The high-tech case involves whether an email provider that has been served with a warrant mu...

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Trump v International Refugee Assistance Project Dismissed

SCOTUS Dismisses Trump v International Refugee Assistance Project

On October 10, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ended one of the lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration’s travel ban. The Court vacated the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal’...

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by DONALD SCARINCI on December 18, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (consolidated with...

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SCOTUS Takes Up Key Election Case Involving Mail-In Ballots
by DONALD SCARINCI on December 17, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in a key election case, Watson v. Republican Nat...

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SCOTUS Adds Second Amendment Case to Docket
by DONALD SCARINCI on November 27, 2025

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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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