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May 17, 2022 | SCOTUS Wraps Up Oral Arguments for the Term

Month: September 2012

Are Voter ID Laws Headed Back to the Supreme Court?

The next term of the Supreme Court begins in a few short weeks and voter ID laws may be one of the first issues on the agenda. The legality of several voter identification laws are being challenged in the federal courts and may be on the fast track t...

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Lawrence v. Texas: Are Same-Sex Marriage Bans Constitutional?

When the Supreme Court decides to address the issue of same-sex marriage, Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), which legalized same-sex sexual activity, will likely play a large role. In fact, in his dissent Justice Scalia asked that in light of t...

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Will the Supreme Court Finally Address Same-Sex Marriage?

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to tackle the controversial issue of same-sex marriage not just once, but twice, next term. One petition asks the Court to uphold Proposition 8, the California constitutional amendment defining marriage as exclus...

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Clash of the Titans: Bush v. Gore

The upcoming Presidential election will likely be decided by a very narrow margin, but few Presidential elections will likely ever rival the epic battle between then Texas Governor George Bush and Vice President Al Gore. The 2000 presidential electio...

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SCOTUS Wraps Up Oral Arguments for the Term
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 17, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court has concluded its oral arguments for the October 2021 Term. The justices hea...

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SCOTUS Rules Censure of Elected Board Member Didn’t Violate First Amendment
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 10, 2022

In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, 595 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held th...

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Supreme Court Breach Is Not the First Involving Roe v. Wade
by DONALD SCARINCI on

The recent disclosure of Justice Samuel Alito’s decision purporting to overturn Roe v. Wade is ar...

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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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  • Amendment5
    • 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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