A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...

“The Minnesota Supreme Court has repeatedly warned the Legislature to follow the Single Subject and Title Clause, expressing increasing concern about its violation and the chaos that could ...

The relative pronoun that always introduces essential information and can be omitted if it is the object of the clause. Relative pronouns CANNOT be omitted when they are the subject of the clause; ...

In United States v. Ptasynski (1983), a unanimous Court concluded (1) that any tax in which the subject is defined in nongeographic terms satisfies the Uniformity Clause, and (2) that where the ...

Beware of a penalty shoot-out - The rule against penalties is rooted in public policy, aiming to prevent contractual provisions that punish ...