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San Antonio Independent School District v Rodriguez Holds No Constitutional Right to Equal Education

San Antonio Independent School District v Rodriguez Holds No Constitutional Right to Equal Education

In San Antonio Independent School District v Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the right to education was not a fundamental right under the U.S. Cons...

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Lemon v Kurtzman: Test For Establisment Clause Violation

Lemon v Kurtzman Test for Establishment Clause Violations

In Lemon v Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971), the U.S. Supreme Court held that state statutes that provided funding for non-public, non-secular schools violated the Establishment Cla...

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Griggs v Duke Power Co & the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Griggs v Duke Power Co & the 1964 Civil Rights Act

In Griggs v Duke Power Co, 401 U.S. 424 (1971), the U.S. Supreme Court held that aptitude tests used by employers that disparately impact ethnic minority groups must be reasonab...

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In re Winship Solidified Reasonable Doubt Standard

In re Winship Solidified Reasonable Doubt Standard

In In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358 (1970), the U.S. Supreme Court held juveniles, like adults, are constitutionally entitled to proof beyond a reasonable doubt when they are charge...

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Goldberg v Kelly Established Procedural Due Process For Government Benefits

Goldberg v Kelly Establishes Procedural Due Process for Government Benefits

In Goldberg v Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970), the U.S. Supreme Court established Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process requirements for the denial of government benefits. The C...

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Shapiro v Thompson Established Travel Rights Under Fourteenth Amendment

Shapiro v Thompson Established 14th Amendment Right to Travel

In Shapiro v Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969), the U.S. Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to travel from one state to another. It further held that state laws that imp...

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In Re Gault Establishes Due Process Rights For Minors

In re Gault Establishes Due Process Rights for Juveniles

In In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967), the U.S. Supreme Court held that juveniles facing delinquency prosecutions must be afforded the due process protected by the Fourteenth Amendm...

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Katz v United States Establishes Important Fourth Amendment Protection

Katz v United States Established Key Fourth Amendment Protection

In Katz v United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967), the U.S. Supreme Court held that warrantless wiretapping constituted a search under the Fourth Amendment, concluding that a physic...

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Sherbert v Verner: Religious Practice & the First Amendment

Sherbert v Verner: Religious Practice & The First Amendment

In Sherbert v Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963), the U.S. Supreme Court held that disqualifying a Seventh Day Adventist for unemployment compensation benefits, solely because of her re...

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Roth v US: Obscene Speech Under First Amendment

Roth v US: Obscene Speech Under First Amendment

In Roth v US, 354 U.S. 476 (1957), the U.S. Supreme Court held that obscene speech was not protected under the U.S. Constitution. The decision also established a test to determin...

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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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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

  • Amendment1
    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
    • Freedoms of Press
    • Freedom of Assembly, and Petitition
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  • Amendment2
    • The Right to Bear Arms
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    • Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
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    • Due Process
    • Eminent Domain
    • Rights of Criminal Defendants
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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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