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14th Amendment
Constitution Check: When unmarried couples split, who gets their property?
National Constitution Center Supreme Court correspondent Lyle Denniston looks at a new equality pursuit that may wind up at the…
Constitution Check: Is Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act a dead letter?
Constitution Daily Supreme Court correspondent Lyle Denniston explains why a little-used section of the Voting Rights Act may not…
Celebrating the anniversary of the 14th Amendment
On July 9, 1868, Louisiana and South Carolina voted to ratify the 14th Amendment, after they had rejected it a year earlier. Learn…
Interactive Constitution: The 14th Amendment
As part of the National Constitution Center’s on-going Interactive Constitution project, leading constitutional experts interact…
Happy Birthday, Civil Rights Act
On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. The landmark law was a turning point in American history,…
How colleges investigate sexual assault on campus
Growing attention to the problem of sexual assault on college campuses has raised interesting constitutional concerns.
A look at three new cases headed to the Supreme Court
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court added three cases to its docket for the Court’s next term. Two of the newly granted cases…
Supreme Court vacates Philadelphia man’s death sentence
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said former Pennsylvania Supreme Court chief justice Ron Castille violated the…
Is the Supreme Court ready to take on transgender rights?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, explains why suggestions that transgender…
The Brown decision's legacy: Still under review
On the 62nd anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision that started the end of segregation, one leading academic says…
