Install
Constitution & Rights
Foundational principles, amendments, and civil liberties in action.
- 16 Tracked terms
- Last 30 days Feed window
What this topic collects on
An article joins this feed when it matches these terms. Each one is also a search of its own.
Related topics
Latest in Constitution & Rights
[OPINION] What does ‘two-thirds of all members’ mean? What a difference a word makes!
10+ min ago (801+ words) Article IX, Section 3, Paragraph 6 of the 1987 Constitution states: The Senate shall have the sole power to try and decide all cases of impeachment. When sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of…...
The Constitution belongs to???We the People,??? not nine justices
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (180+ words) Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan are law professors at Harvard. This essay is adapted from their book “Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People” and their contribution to the essay collection “America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law…...
This term at the Supreme Court, it???s religious freedom claims vs. LGBTQ rights. Again.
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (285+ words) There are few challenges that the Supreme Court seems more willing to wade into than those involving religious rights claims that run up against antidiscrimination laws. That is especially true when the religious rights asserted involve discriminating against LGBTQ people....
Panel: Congress has power to buck SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (549+ words) As the Trump administration continues to pursue ways to quell “birth tourism,” legal scholars are probing potential actions Congress could take to rewrite the common interpretation of the 14th amendment’s citizenship clause. The clause states that “all persons born or naturalized…...
How to make every day Constitution Day * WorldNetDaily * by Marc Levin, Khalil A. Cumberbatch, Real Clear Wire
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (10+ words) Campaign would include ending civil asset forfeiture without a conviction...
Lib Celebs Pledge Allegiance to the Constitution
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (91+ words) Note: September 17th was Constitution Day GP Liberal celebrities are at it again. Jamie Lee... Note: September 17th was Constitution Day Liberal celebrities are at it again. Jamie Lee Curtis, Robert De Niro, Martin Sheen and others, have filmed themselves pledging an…...
Ban on selling handguns to young adults under 21 is unconstitutional, Justice Department says
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (268+ words) Firearm rights continue to advance. The post Ban on selling handguns to young adults under 21 is unconstitutional, Justice Department says appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.. Federal law banning licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young…...
Lori Falce: Constitution Under Construction: Stepping up
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (680+ words) Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series examining the amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In 1878, a chapel was built at a Santa Fe, N.M., girls school. There was attention to detail as it was modeled after a Parisian…...
Panel: Congress has power to buck SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling - National
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (13+ words) Panel: Congress has power to buck SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling - The Black Chronicle...
A Collective of Vidiots?—Our Free Republic Requires Active Interaction with our Founding Documents › American Greatness
2+ day, 21+ min ago (449+ words) America’s founding documents require an engaged, civically literate citizenry. As Americans increasingly turn from text to video, how do we keep our republic’s foundations alive? While the “idiot box” may not have created a zombie army of millions whose only…...