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hv=t&hl=t&csi=237924&secondRedirectIndicator=true. Summary: This article is written by Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Robert Gebeloff, who are both reporters for The New York Times. It is argued that credit card contracts that include arbitration clauses prevent customers from joining together in class-action lawsuits, disabling them from challenging the company’s practices. Because many Wall Street corporations in effect have banned class-action lawsuits, with the aid of Alan S. Kaplinsky, many…

Congress, providing the original text of each clause of the Constitution with an accompanying explanation of its meaning and how that meaning has changed over time. Source: U.S. Senate, Library Of Congress Sections 1, 2 and 3 (Legislative Powers) | Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Elections and Legislative Process) | Section 8 (Enumerated Powers) | Sections 9 and 10 (Powers Denied To Congress and States) Article I, Section 8: Powers of Congress Section 8, Clause…

to have two independent clauses pairing with one dependent clause. For example, “I go to work full time, and I go to school full time because I want to be successful” In this case, “I go to work full time, and I go to school full time” is a compound sentence, and “I go to school full time because I want to be successful” is a complex sentence. In the other hand, the compound-complex sentence is the sentence that has an adjective clause. Other examples of adjective clause, “The house which I…

clinic performing late-term abortions which violate the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban (PBABA), pro-choice advocacy organizations (PCAO) are challenging the legality of the ban based on their view that Congress is exceeding its authority under the Commerce Clause. The PBABA itself states “Any physician who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or…

based on the Supreme Court scrutinizing congressional legislation in determining whether it is passed constitutional muster with resulting controversies involving the commerce clause of the United States constitution which played a role in identifying congress commerce scope. The main starting point for the commerce clause jurisprudence is the United States constitution which stated that the congress had power and authority to regulate commerce in1824. In 1988, the interstate regulatory moved to…

The commerce clause, Article 1 Section 8, of the Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the states. One would say that because of the fact that these laws are intrastate then commerce may not regulate; but that idea is struck down by the modern approach of the commerce clause. The modern approach to the commerce clause is commerce power that allows Congress to regulate and protect the channels of interstate…

Commerce Clause and taxing those who choose to play over the allotted 8 hours per week through their Taxing and Spending Clause. Although, Congress has passed many laws in the name of both the Commerce Clause and the Taxing and Spending Clause, we the court must define which activities Congress was exclusively enumerated with in our Constitution. In the case of National Association of Bros v. United States (2015) we conclude the PLAY Act is not proper exercise of our Congress’ Commerce Clause.…

Often referred as the “necessary and proper clause” Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution states that Congress has the power to “make laws which shall be necessary and proper for the carrying into execution the forgoing powers. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution basically specifies the power that congress can have in detail. It also states that the power of law making and tax imposing must be uniform through the whole United State. Congress shall have “the power to collect taxes,…

certiorari in this case to review a decision of the 9th Circuit of Appeals Court holding that Article 20 Section 2 of the Arizona state constitution did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and also that it did not violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, made pertinent to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment. The appellant in this case is an adherent to NaJepitism. Upon the…

Reading Response #1 The modern foundation of Federalism is grounded in the Constitution. However, there is no central definition of Federalism found in this document. Erwin Chemerinsky in Reconceptualizing federalism (2005) suggests federalism in the 1990’s and the early 21st century is defined by, “both the Supreme Court and Congress … restricting federal authority for the sake of protecting states ' autonomy”. These rules define the scope of authority available to the federal, state, and…