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Furman v. Georgia: The Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

In Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the death penalty could violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual pu...

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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

In West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), the U.S. Supreme Court held that requiring public school children to salute the American flag and recite the ple...

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Marsh v. Chambers: The Establishment of Religion

In Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783 (1983), the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. By a vote of 6-3, the majority in Marsh v. Chamber...

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Cantwell v. Connecticut: The Free Exercise of Religion

In Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940), the U.S. Supreme Court first applied the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause to the states. A unanimous Court specifically ...

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U.S. v. Carolene Products Company: The Importance of Footnotes

In United States v. Carolene Products Company, 304 U.S. 144 (1938), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the validity of an economic regulation passed by Congress pursuant to the Commer...

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Gideon v. Wainwright: The Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel

In Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of counsel applies to the states via the Due Process Clause of th...

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Miranda vs Arizona: The Bedrock of Criminal Law

Nearly 50 years later, the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Miranda vs Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), remains one of the Court’s most influential Fifth Amendment ruli...

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Johnson v. M’Intosh: The Power to Grant Land

In Johnson v. M’Intosh, 21 U.S. 543 (1823), the U.S. Supreme Court addressed whether Native Americans had the power to give, and of private individuals to receive, title to lan...

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Dartmouth College v. Woodward: The Contracts Clause

In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1819), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the U.S. Constitution’s Contracts Clause prohibited state legislatures from interfering w...

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Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee: The Supreme Court’s Authority Over State Courts

In Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, 14 U.S. 304 (1816), the U.S. Supreme Court first asserted its authority to overrule a state court decision regarding an issue of federal law. T...

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 26, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court returned to the bench this week to begin their February session. The justice...

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Supreme Court Adds Two Sixth Amendment Cases to Docket
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 24, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to consider two cases involving the Sixth Amendment to the C...

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SCOTUS Leaves Title 42 in Place Temporarily
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The Amendments

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    • 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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