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Fact Check: Do existing federal civil rights laws already protect transgender people?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy expert, looks at the statutory path in the debate over…
Explaining bathroom bills, transgender rights, and equal protection
Lana Ulrich, associate in-house counsel at the National Constitution Center, looks at the detailed arguments in the debate over…
Felons and the right to vote
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
The Supreme Court arguments in the Fisher affirmative action case were contentious on Wednesday, and as anticipated, Justice…
