303 Creative v. Elenis gives SCOTUS another chance to set precedent about what happens when First Amendment freedoms come at a cost to civil rights.
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In 1972, justices handed down a decision that attacked discriminatory and capricious death sentences. But it left the door ajar for states to continue the practice.
Lower federal court judges follow a formal code of ethics, but this does not apply to Supreme Court justices, leaving potential conflicts of interest unchecked.
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.
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.
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Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell
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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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Co-director, Washington Office, Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, Wayne State University
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W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics; Director, National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism, Georgia State University
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
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Associate Professor of American History and Politics, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University
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Professor of History, McGill University
