A doctrine embraced by some conservatives could be adopted by the US Supreme Court. And if the court does, Americans’ political power will be dramatically limited.
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Grand juries are meeting in Georgia and Washington, D.C., as part of investigations into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. How do they work?
For the past 50 years, the Supreme Court has issued rulings that narrow tribal rights while Congress has worked to expand them. A recent ruling struck yet another blow against Native sovereignty.
The judicial theory has been a major talking point during the Supreme Court’s last term. But what does it actually mean?
The notwithstanding clause is both historically appropriate and democratically desirable. Excising it would make our Charter of Rights and Freedoms more American. Is that really where we want to go?
When Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Fred Gray was her lawyer. Now he’s being honored for a lifetime of civil rights advocacy.
The court’s history shows it is often at the centre of political arguments.
The justices who decided to overturn the abortion rights precedent of Roe v. Wade explained their reasoning, and signaled other precedents could be reversed as well.
A Supreme Court scholar untangles the ideas that undergird the historic ruling overturning the Constitutional right to an abortion.
By a 6 to 3 majority, the Supreme Court decided to overrule the landmark Roe decision and end almost 50 years of access to abortion being a constitution right.
The Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, issued a ruling that overturned decades of constitutional abortion rights for women in the US. Scholars explain the significance of the decision.
The vice president has said he looks forward to meeting the framers of the Constitution in heaven. That is not the mindset of someone with short-term vision.
In a 6-3 conservative majority, the more important divisions may be among the six Republican-appointed justices.
Framers of the Constitution put in a clause giving lawmakers immunity from liability for any ‘speech or debate.’ Interpreting it may be key in the battle to get some Republicans to testify.
The definition of personhood is a key and contested philosophical issue that has made legalized abortion such a longstanding controversy.
With the Supreme Court likely to strike down constitutional protection for abortion, a centuries-old debate over its morality and legality has been reignited.
A free speech expert defines censorship and applies that lesson to current political struggles in the US to ban books from public schools and libraries.
A constitutional law professor provides insight on what Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, could mean for how that court works.
Under the Sullivan standard, a public official has to prove that there was ‘actual malice’ in defamation cases. That could be challenged in the Supreme Court.
About 10% of the Oath Keepers are active-duty military, and around two-thirds are retired military or law enforcement.
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Professor Emeritus of Government, Wesleyan University
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Visiting associate professor, Wayne State University
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Professor of law and ethics, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor, Westminster College
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Professor Emeritus of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University
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Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Dickinson Law, Penn State
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Professor of Law, Indiana University
