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In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and ...
President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us ...
While we write from opposite ends of the political spectrum—one of us is a progressive democrat, the other a staunch ...
But the Fourth Amendment cases in which government-encouraged or government-requested private searches became subject to the Fourth Amendment did involve just verbal encouragement.
The First Amendment is arguably the most crucial in the Bill of Rights. But the extent of its protections is often misunderstood.
I have a new draft up on SSRN, called The First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action. I'd appreciate constructive comments… ...
My name is Angele Latham, and I am the First Amendment reporter at The Tennessean — a first-of-its kind beat created through a partnership with The Tennessean, the Freedom Forum and the ...
"We were making up, in a sense, First Amendment law as we went along," said Floyd Abrams. Did you know that the Supreme Court didn't begin interpreting the First Amendment as law until 1919? "We ...
Given what’s heading our way, we need a capacious view and robust defense of the First Amendment from all quarters.
The First Amendment Is No Defense for Trump’s Alleged Crimes The prosecution of Trump for his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election does not threaten freedom of speech, not even a little bit.
The first step in originalism involves identifying the original meaning of constitutional text and treating that meaning as fixed at the time of its adoption.
Threats to the First Amendment are coming from across the political spectrum — but especially in the deep-red South.