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Could attempting to codify case law that was decided many years ago open up the legal question again?
As of right now, gay marriage is legal based off of the case law resulting from the decisions of United States v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges. These cases struck down Sections 2 and 3, ...
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Can only the government official who appointed an employee fire that employee?
In the PolitiFact article Can Donald Trump fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller?, law professor Ric Simmons is quoted:
The Supreme Court has stated (outside the special counsel context) that only ...
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The 4th Amendment and case law relevant to police power for arrests without a warrant
The 4th Amendment states that
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated, and no ...
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