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United States v Cruikshank

United States v Cruikshank: Reconstruction and the Constitution

In United States v Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1875), the U.S. Supreme Court held that protections afforded by the newly enacted Fourteenth Amendment, including due process and equa...

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Pennoyer v Neff

Pennoyer v Neff Outlines Personal Jurisdiction Requirements

In Pennoyer v Neff, 95 U.S. 714 (1878), the U.S. Supreme Court considered the relationship between the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and personal jurisdiction. I...

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Penn Central Transportation Co v New York City

Government Takings Under Penn Central Transportation Co v New York City

In Penn Central Transportation Co v New York City, 438 US 104 (1978), the U.S. Supreme Court held that New York City’s restrictions on Grand Central Terminal did not amount ...

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walker v sauvinet

Walker v Sauvinet Limits Right to Civil Jury Trial to Federal Cases

In Walker v Sauvinet, 92 U.S. 90 (1876), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the right to a jury trial guaranteed under the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution did not apply to st...

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knox v lee

Supreme Court Declares Greenbacks Legal in Knox v Lee

In Knox v Lee, 79 U.S. 457 (1871), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Legal Tender Act, which authorized the printing of paper money not redeemable in gold or silver, did not v...

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texas v white

Texas v White Holds Confederate States Never Left Union

In Texas v White, 74 U.S. 700 (1869), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Texas never legally left the Union during the Civil War because the U.S. Constitution did not allow states ...

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Cooley v Board of Wardens: States Not excluded from Regulating Interstate Commerce

In Cooley v Board of Wardens, 53 U.S. 299 (1852), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the state may regulate interstate commerce under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause, provided...

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Strader v. Graham

Strader v. Graham Lays Foundation for Dred Scott Decision

In Strader v. Graham, 51 U.S. 82 (1851), the U.S. Supreme Court held that it had no jurisdiction to determine whether slaves whose master allowed them to occasionally travel from...

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Jones v Van Zandt: Supreme Court Tackles Constitutionality of Slavery

Jones v Van Zandt, 46 U.S. 215 (1847) is one of the U.S. Supreme Court cases that considers slavery issues before the Civil War. The justices ultimately ruled against abolitionis...

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Swift v Tyson Authorizes Federal Courts to Create Federal “Common” Law

In Swift v Tyson, 41 U.S. 1 (1842), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal courts were authorized to create their own body of common law when hearing cases based on diversi...

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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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In McMahon v. New York, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to stay a district cour...

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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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