originalism

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6783 Mitchell Dinnerstein v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2025-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-rights constitutional-interpretation equal-protection originalism title-seven title-six Whether the Supreme Court should correct the alleged misinterpretation of Title 6 and Title 7 and address unequal citizenship rights under the Equal P…
23-6971 Steven Antonius, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Shervington Lovell, aka Sealed Defendant 1, and Argemiro Zapata-Castro, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States Second Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-i-section-8-clause-10 criminal-prosecution due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction fifth-amendment-due-process maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act originalism protective-principle universal-jurisdiction Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act expands federal criminal jurisdiction beyond what was permitted at the Constitution's ratification and i…
23-6780 George A. Teacherson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation declaration-of-independence due-process founding-documents judicial-review legal-hermeneutics originalism textual-analysis Must any court fully address the actual wording of the founding documents, originalism of Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United S…
21-822 Donna Patrick, et al. v. The Alaska Public Offices Commission Alaska 2021-12-03 Denied Response Waived campaign-finance certiorari constitutional-interpretation first-amendment free-speech independent-committees institutional-corruption originalism political-contributions standing Whether the original meaning of the First Amendment permits regulations against contributions to independent political action committees
20-725 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine Pennsylvania 2020-11-25 Denied Response Waived amendment-xi civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process existential-threats judicial-bias originalism pro-se-access systemic-bias systemic-justice Does Judge Colville's elevation to the federal bench or any other events during the pendency of this case lend urgency to the problem of Thrasymachus?