The Study Corner
539 – Does Money Equal Speech?
People frequently complain about money in politics. Others complain that campaign finance rules suppress “free speech”. Which brings up the question in the Supreme Court case NRSC v. FEC.
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538 – Determining What Your Home is Worth
No one likes to pay taxes. Some go so far as to claim you don’t own your home since it can be taken for failure to pay taxes. If you how a tax debt, how should government determine the value of your property?
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537 – Keeping Girls Safe
Should those with a mental illness be allowed to scare and stalk our wives and daughters in pursuit of their disease? Can public schools protect our young ladies, or shall mental illness supersede the law, biology, and common sense?
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535 – Hawaii’s Attack on Property Rights
Who decides who can carry a firearm on your property and under what conditions? Does the Second Amendment presume permission or restriction? According to the Hawaiian legislature, they decide who carries and presumes restriction.
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534 – Geofence Warrants
We all walk around with tracking devices on, cellphones. While these devices report our location on an almost second by second basis, what are the rules law enforcement has to follow to search that data?
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533 – EPA vs State’s Rights
I’ve heard a lot of people talking about the Monsanto case and the claims that one of their products, Roundup, may cause cancer. However, the case before the Supreme Court was much more unique, involving state’s rights, intrastate commerce, and the limits of federal law and regulation.
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532 – Birthright Citizenship at SCOTUS
In one of the most anticipated opinions of this Supreme Court Term, Trump v. Barbara questions whether an Executive Order with language that mirrors the Constitution is actually constitutional. I believe this history will remember this opinion as one of the dumbest of any Supreme Court in history.
531 – The Second Amendment and Your Right to Live Free
During the debates about the ratification of the Constitution, one of the questions involved the need for a Bill of Rights. One of the arguments against such a document was the idea that some may consider the listing of rights in the Constitution as permission to regulate those rights. We find an example of just such attempt to regulate rights in the Supreme Court case United States v. Hemani. Specifically, can the federal government deny your right to keep and bear arms if you use your liberty to use marijuana.
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