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Divided Court Allows President to Fire Agency Officials

Divided Court Allows President to Fire Agency Officials

In Trump v. Wilcox, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration’s emergency application to stay the district court's orders reinstating Gwynn...

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The Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause Under Crawford v. Washington

In Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court overhauled the test for determining whether a hearsay statement is admissible in a criminal trial. The Cour...

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State’s Sovereign Immunity Under Alden v Maine

In Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706 (1999), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Congress can’t use its Article I powers under Constitution to subject unconsenting states to suit in s...

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Standing Under the Supreme Court’s Landmark Lujan v Defenders of Wildlife Decision

Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992), is one of the Supreme Court’s most important decisions on the issue of standing, which determines whether a party can...

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Massachusetts v. EPA

Massachusetts v. EPA Sets the Standard for Climate Lawsuits

With climate change lawsuits on the rise, environmentalists are concerned that the conservative-leaning Supreme Court may revisit a landmark environmental law decision. In Massa...

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faithless electors

Ray v. Blair First Addressed Faithless Electors

In Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952), the U.S. Supreme Court first considered the notion of “faithless electors,” members of the Electoral College who fail to vote for their...

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Gertz v. Welch Established Defamation Standard for Private Individuals

In Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 (1974), the U.S. Supreme Court established the legal standard for defamation claims brought by private individuals. It held that pri...

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Morrison v. Olsen

Separation of Powers Under Morrison v. Olson

In Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the independent counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. According to the Court, the ...

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Excessive Force

Graham v Connor Established Standard for Excessive Force Claims

In Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989), the U.S. Supreme Court established the legal framework for evaluating excessive force claims against law enforcement officers. Under th...

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Ministerial Exception

Supreme Court Established Ministerial Exception in Hosana-Tabor

In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC, 565 U.S. 171 (2012), the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the ministerial exception for the first time....

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Divided Court Allows President to Fire Agency Officials
by DONALD SCARINCI on August 21, 2025

In Trump v. Wilcox, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration...

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SCOTUS Grants Death Row Inmate New Trial in Glossip v. Oklahoma
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In Glossip v. Oklahoma, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted death row inmate Richa...

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SCOTUS Allows Termination of Dept of Education Employees
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In McMahon v. New York, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to stay a district cour...

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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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