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Ramos v. Louisiana: Does the 14th Amendment Require Unanimous Jury Verdicts?

by Robert Black

When we think about trial by jury in criminal cases, we all probably envision a 12-member jury that must reach a unanimous verdict…

Ramos v. Louisiana: Does the 14th Amendment Require Unanimous Jury Verdicts?
Kahler v. Kansas: Can States Abolish the Insanity Defense?

by Robert Black

On Monday, the first day of the new Supreme Court term, the Court heard argument in Kahler v. Kansas, a case that could generate…

Kahler v. Kansas: Can States Abolish the Insanity Defense?
Where is the Supreme Court going on abortion?

by Lyle Denniston

Returning to an abortion rights issue that it had decided earlier but with a bench that is now changed, the Supreme Court agreed…

Where is the Supreme Court going on abortion?
Hugo Black, unabashed partisan for the Constitution

by Nicandro Iannacci

On August 12, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated then-Senator Hugo Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court.

Hugo Black, unabashed partisan for the Constitution
Supreme Court confirms Excessive Fines Clause applies to states

by Scott Bomboy

In a unanimous ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned an Indiana Supreme Court decision that said that part of federal…

Supreme Court confirms Excessive Fines Clause applies to states
John Bingham: One of America’s forgotten “Second Founders”

by Tom Donnelly

Although forgotten by most Americans, John Bingham is one of the most important figures in American constitutional history.…

John Bingham: One of America’s forgotten “Second Founders”
Family separation: a constitutional fight, too

by Lyle Denniston

The political and human rights controversy over the Trump Administration policy of family separation as a form of immigration…

Family separation: a constitutional fight, too
The Miranda warning is created 52 years ago today

by NCC Staff

It was 52 years ago today that the phrase “Miranda warning” was born, after the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark case about…

The Miranda warning is created 52 years ago today
Does the Constitution protect a ‘right to die’?

by Joshua Waimberg

California Governor Jerry Brown has a decision to make.

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