Jus tertii is a Latin phrase meaning “the law concerning the third.” In the context of American law, jus tertii may refer to one of two distinct concepts.
First, it may refer to third party standing. Third party standing allows...constitutional law
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After the 2010 census, the State of Maryland engaged in the redistricting of its eight congressional districts and forty-seven legislative districts to equalize each district’s population. Benisek v. Lamone at 5. Since 1966, Maryland’s Sixth...
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Legislative power is the power to make and alter laws. In the United States, federal legislative power resides with Congress. As an extension of the power to make laws, Congress has powers to conduct hearings and investigations, consider...
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A letter of marque is a government license authorizing the bearer to engage in privateering. Holders of these commissions were entitled to outfit private warships for the purposes of sinking or capturing vessels belonging to enemy nations....
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The market participant exception establishes an exception to the Commerce Clause's scrutiny for the state when the state functions not as a regulator of the market, but rather as a market participant. The impact of this exception is felt in cases where...
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"Miranda warning" refers to the constitutional requirement that once an individual is detained by the police, there are certain warnings a police officer is required to give to a detainee.
Miranda v. ArizonaThe requirement to give...
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On November 4, 2021, the North Carolina Legislature passed new redistricting maps for its congressional elections. Moore v. Harper at 18a. Twelve days later, Plaintiffs North Carolina League of Conservation Voters and several North Carolina Citizens (“...
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A natural-born citizen refers to someone who was a U.S. citizen at birth, and did not need to go through a naturalization proceeding later in life.
Political Office RequirementThe phrase "natural-born citizen" appears in the U.S....
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The Constitution authorizes Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 "[t]o establish a uniform rule of naturalization".
See naturalization.
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Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power "to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the...