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Constitutional Voices: Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens was one of the most consequential and uncompromising figures of nineteenth-century American politics. As a Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania, he was the driving force behind the abolition of slavery and the attempt to remake the postwar South into a racially egalitarian society.
The Supreme Court’s Callais decision sets new framework for racial gerrymandering
On Wednesday, a divided Supreme Court narrowed the ability of states to use race as a determining factor in creating election districts, in a decision with…
Constitutional Voices: John Marshall
Chief Justice John Marshall, in the words of longtime friend and colleague Justice Joseph Story, was "the expounder of the Constitution."
Supreme Court showdown over Ten Commandments likely after federal court decision
A deeply divided federal appeals court has ruled that public schools in Texas are allowed to display Ten Commandments posters or framed copies in public school…
Looking for unanimity in the Birthright Citizenship decision
On rare occasions, a Supreme Court case raises such fundamental questions about the nature of our nation that it seems to require a unanimous decision by the…
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