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14th Amendment Due Process Clause
On this day, Congress approved the 14th Amendment
On June 13, 1866, the House approved a Senate-proposed version of the 14th Amendment, sending it to the states for approval. Two…
On this day, Bush v. Gore settles 2000 presidential race
On December 12, 2000, the Supreme Court ended a Florida vote recount in the presidential election contest between George W. Bush…
With abortion and guns, the Supreme Court ties the hands of federal courts
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down New York’s concealed carry gun law and revoked women’s…
Divided Supreme Court overturns Roe abortion precedents
The Supreme Court on Friday issued its opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson case, overturning precedents related to abortion first set…
On this day, the Supreme Court upholds limits on women and factory work hours
On February 24, 1908, the Supreme Court decided Muller v. Oregon, unanimously upholding an Oregon law setting a 10-hour limit on…
Channeling Justice Ginsburg in the Mississippi Abortion Fight
More than 130 friend-of-the-court briefs have been filed by anti-abortion and abortion rights groups in the Mississippi abortion…
If the Supreme Court overrules Roe in the new term, will we know for sure?
The state of Mississippi this week urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule the two foundational precedents for a woman’s right…
Hunting for ‘super precedents’ in U.S. Supreme Court confirmations
Last week, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee members pressed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on whether the landmark…
Whither the U.S. Supreme Court?
Constitution Daily contributor Marcia Coyle looks at what may still be—with an unexpected element—the most significant Supreme…
Abortion, “Preclearance,” and Court-Packing in Fourth Democratic Debate
Abortion became a major focus for the first time on the Democratic presidential primary debate stage, when Senator Kamala Harris…
