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Supreme Court to Consider Tax Exemptions for Religious Organizations

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Supreme Court recently agreed to consider Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission. The closely watched First Amendment case involves the availability of tax exemptions for religious organizations and marks the first religious case taken up by the Court this term. Pursuant to Wis.Stat.

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Delaware Loses Bid to Keep Uncashed MoneyGram Checks

Constitutional Law Reporter

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin , 598 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that uncashed MoneyGram checks are governed by the Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler’s Check Act (FDA) and should be returned to the state where they were issued. In Delaware v. It was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first opinion.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

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But the Convention came together to declare that equal rights, including rights for women and LGBTQ+ people, should be a fundamental value of American constitutional law. It was in response to the Supreme Court decision Kelo v. The fourth and final amendment to pass was an amendment limiting eminent domain. New London.