Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, is an “originalist.” Given that originalism is a term coined by lawyers, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are many different flavors ...
The United States Constitution remains one of the highest protections of individual freedoms; however, these rights remain frequently ignored, eroded, or denied despite protections for current and ...
In Federalist 37, James Madison conceded that even the best lawmakers cannot write perfectly clear laws. “All written laws,” whether the Constitution or in statutes, “are considered as more or less ...
The idea that the United States awaits some dread constitutional crisis has become commonplace. For lawyers, such a crisis would likely involve Donald Trump’s administration defying the Supreme Court ...
In early July 1985, U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese launched a legal revolution from the tony confines of the Sheraton Washington Hotel. Speaking to the American Bar Association, he argued that “far ...
After an Introduction that provides an overview of the book, The Collective-Action Constitution unfolds in three parts over eleven numbered chapters, followed by a brief Conclusion. Part I discusses ...
It is a testament to our nation’s commitment to the rule of law that, nearly 250 years after its ratification, Americans still argue about the Constitution. And as often as we argue about the outcomes ...
I recently had the opportunity to review all 50 state constitutions and confirmed an important fact for the current capital gains income tax litigation. Although most state constitutions mention how ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Heritage School choir stands between two giant American flags during the Constitution Month kickoff event at the ...
As NPR reported last Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters during a briefing that "the real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch," ...
Renaming Indian cities is more than administrative change; it's a constitutional expression of identity and memory. While ...
California seems to be a place where the nation’s most progressive state court is forced to cool down the nation’s most combustible voters. In 1964, Californi ans overwhelmingly approved amendments to ...