If a person – in this case, the former president of the United States – is charged by federal and state prosecutors, or prosecutors in different states, at the same time, which case goes first?
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on US Constitution
Displaying 1 - 20 of 237 articles
The law passed by Tennessee legislators that banned many drag performances violated the First Amendment. A legal scholar explains the judge’s decision in the case.
The school’s approval may be the strongest challenge yet to limits on public money in religious schools.
Compromises, no matter how horrible, have long been used to solve seemingly intractable political problems – but at a cost.
Differences over what counts as indoctrination lie behind a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in Florida. PEN America’s CEO deems book removals ‘a deliberate attempt to suppress diverse voices’.
The Supreme Court has upheld a controversial California law requiring pork sold in-state to be humanely raised, no matter where it’s produced. Pork producers say it could drive up food prices.
If Democrats embrace and deploy the Constitution leading up to the 2024 election, it will enable them to offer a confident message based on the hallowed principles of America’s founding charter.
Free speech is under attack from both sides of the political spectrum.
Throughout Thomas’ tenure on the court, he has pushed the Supreme Court to replace Marshall’s vision with one more amenable to the powerful than the powerless.
The arrest of a former American president is unprecedented, but the nation’s founders anticipated the day would come.
With a federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, currently a presidential candidate, a legal scholar explores what the law says about the consequences of such an unprecedented act.
A loud chorus of Democrats – and some Republicans, too – has for years claimed gerrymandering is costing their party seats in Congress. Is it true?
A new study reveals wide disparities among state-issued Clean Water Act fines, and even among federal fines from regions to region. A law professor explains why it may be illegal.
The Supreme Court is considering the legality of the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan and whether the administration had the power to offer debt forgiveness in the first place.
Americans are not the first to fret over the potential harm that parties can inflict. But parties can also promote the common interest.
A rash of pending lawsuits raises questions about the FDA’s approval of mifepristone two decades ago, whether the drug can be legally mailed and the constitutional right to interstate commerce.
‘Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.’ It’s often misunderstood, by many Americans. A constitutional scholar explains what it really boils down to.
A significant number of county sheriffs across the US have a particular – and false – view of their role in defending Americans’ constitutional rights.
What happens if GOP holdouts continue to hold out on the speaker position? And what if they don’t?
A House panel made four criminal referrals in relation to Donald Trump’s alleged role in the attack on the Capitol. Convictions might make him an unpalatable candidate but wouldn’t bar him from running.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell
-
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
-
Professor Emeritus of Government, Wesleyan University
-
Co-director, Washington Office, Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, Wayne State University
-
W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics; Director, National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism, Georgia State University
-
Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
-
Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
-
Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
-
Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
-
Professor of History, McGill University
-
Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Penn State
-
Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
-
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
-
Associate Professor of American History and Politics, University of East Anglia
-
Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University
