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SCOTUS Rules Challenged South Carolina District Is Not a Racial Gerrymander

SCOTUS Rules Challenged South Carolina District Is Not a Racial Gerrymander

In Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the lower court erred in finding that a South Carolina congr...

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SCOTUS Holds No Time Limit for Damages Under Copyright Act

SCOTUS Holds No Time Limit for Damages Under Copyright Act

In Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to obtain monetary relief for any ti...

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Scheme

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Scheme

In Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd., 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the funding scheme that suppo...

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Supreme Court Rejects Strict Criminal Forfeiture Timelines

Supreme Court Rejects Strict Criminal Forfeiture Timelines

In McIntosh v. United States, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court’s failure to comply with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(b)(2)(B...

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SCOTUS Sides With California Developer in Takings Case

SCOTUS Sides With California Developer in Takings Case

In Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a traffic impact fee imposed by the County of El Dorado based on a fee schedule in the C...

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Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Suits Alleging Discriminatory Transfers

Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Suits Alleging Discriminatory Transfers

In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an employee challenging a job transfer under Title VII of the Civil...

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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

In Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) exemption for transportation wo...

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Supreme Court Clarifies “Safety Valve” in Federal Criminal Sentencing Laws

Supreme Court Clarifies “Safety Valve” in Federal Criminal Sentencing Laws

In Pulsifer v. United States, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly interpreted 18 U.S.C. §3553(f ), which establishes eligibility for a “safety valve” for ...

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SCOTUS Rules Double Jeopardy Bans Retrial of Defendant Found Non-Guilty by Reason of Insanity

SCOTUS Rules Double Jeopardy Bans Retrial of Defendant Found Non-Guilty by Reason of Insanity

In McElrath v. Georgia, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Georgia can’t retry a defendant acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. The just...

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NJ Supreme Court Reverses Conviction for Promoting Organized Crime

SCOTUS Rules FBI Must Face Lawsuit Over No-Fly List

In FBI v. Fikre, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Yonas Fikre’s lawsuit against the FBI is not moot. Accordingly, his suit alleging that the government p...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of First Step Act to Vacated Sentences
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In Hewitt v. United States, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the First ...

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SCOTUS Rules E-Cigarette Retailers Can Challenge FDA Order in Fifth Circuit
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In FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that e-cigare...

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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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