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

Month: December 2012

Loving v. Virginia: The Supreme Court’s Last Blockbuster Marriage Decision

As the Supreme Court prepares to consider the legality of same-sex unions, it is important to look back at the Court’s last blockbuster decision on marriage. In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage ...

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Baker v. Nelson: The Often Forgotten Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Case

While the stage is set for the U. S. Supreme Court to rule on the issue of same-sex marriage, this is a good time to review the Courts prior history with this issue. In 1972, the Court ruled that a Minnesota same-sex couple had no constitutional r...

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Will History Be Made? Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Two Same-Sex Marriage Cases

After a series of delays, the Supreme Court has finally announced that it will take on the issue of same-sex marriage this term. There were several cases on the docket, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear two. The key same-sex marriage issues raised...

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Are Health Care Law Challenges in the Rear View? Three Cases to Watch

Many assumed that when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic decision to uphold the the health care law, the legal challenges would cease. The recent reelection of Barak Obama also signaled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would not be repeale...

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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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