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Felons and the right to vote

by Nicandro Iannacci

On April 22, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe ordered the restoration of voting rights for more than 200,000 citizens with past…

For now, teacher tenure survives big legal challenge

by NCC Staff

A three-person court late on Thursday ruled in favor California’s teacher-tenure system, in a closely watched case that has…

Constitution Check: What does “one-person, one-vote” mean now?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how the Court’s one-person,…

Latest CRS report discusses presidential birthplace issue

by Scott Bomboy

An updated Congressional Research Service report is adding some new background on the controversy over U.S. presidential…

Five other presidential “birther” controversies from American history

by NCC Staff

In the midst of the current debate over Ted Cruz’s eligibility for the presidency, Constitution Daily looks back at five other…

Philadelphia death penalty case gets February Supreme Court date

by NCC Staff

A Philadelphia man convicted of capital murder in 1986 is set for a February 2016 Supreme Court hearing in a sentencing dispute.

The Supreme Court’s ‘worst decision’ lives on in 2016 campaign

by Scott Bomboy

It was 69 years ago today that the Supreme Court handed down the Korematsu decision, which validated putting American citizens in…

As expected, affirmative action arguments featured Kennedy, Scalia

by NCC Staff

The Supreme Court arguments in the Fisher affirmative action case were contentious on Wednesday, and as anticipated, Justice…

Affirmative action gets another day at the Supreme Court

by NCC Staff

On December 9, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a landmark challenge to…

The Supreme Court tackles the one-person, one-vote concept today

by NCC Staff

One of the big cases in the Supreme Court’s current term is in front of the Justices this morning, in what could be a historic…

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