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A busy term for the Supreme Court heads towards a historic conclusion
The Supreme Court is heading into its home stretch with the conclusion of oral arguments for its 2025-2026 term. With many major…
Constitutional Voices: Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner spent nearly a quarter-century in the United States Senate insisting that the federal government had the power and…
Constitutional Voices: Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens was one of the most consequential and uncompromising figures of nineteenth-century American politics. As a…
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…
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…
Constitutional Voices: W.E.B. Du Bois
This series of profiles features noteworthy people over the past 250 years who have shaped the American constitutional tradition…
Supreme Court hears historic birthright citizenship arguments
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court considered a case that could reshape the concept of birthright citizenship. During two hours of…
Supreme Court to finally hear merits arguments on birthright citizenship
Nearly 15 months after President Donald Trump issued an executive order attempting to redefine birthright citizenship, the Supreme…
Lawsuits argue Equal Rights Amendment is valid constitutional amendment
Decades after its first deadline, the Equal Rights Amendment is back in the courtroom as plaintiffs demand a federal judge finally…
Douglass, Du Bois, and Garrison and the Search for a More Plural Constitution
National Constitution Center content fellow Trey Sullivan takes a look at the complicated relationship between William Lloyd…
