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Constitution Check: Is freedom of conscience a shield against public duty?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the Kim Davis case, and how…

What do other countries’ constitutions say about birthright citizenship?

by Scott Bomboy

Birthright citizenship isn’t just an American political and legal issue. Here is a quick look at how other nations deal with the…

Constitution Check: Would mass deportation of illegal non-citizens violate the 14th Amendment?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how Donald Trump's proposal to deport…

Birthright citizenship looming as a campaign, and constitutional issue

by Scott Bomboy

Should everyone born in the United States automatically become a citizen? It’s a constitutional and political question that will…

Constitution Check: Is another key part of the Voting Rights Act in trouble?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the potential broad impact of the…

The Constitution and the Cleveland GOP debates

by NCC Staff

Among the topics covered in Thursday’s two GOP debates were several points about the Constitution. Here is a quick look at those…

Voting rights law, then and now

by Nathaniel Persily

In this commentary, Nathaniel Persily of Stanford Law School explains how the struggle over voting rights has changed since the…

Voting Rights Act gets partial win on eve of 50th anniversary

by NCC Staff

On Wednesday, a federal appeals court ruled that a Texas state voter ID law needs to be reconsidered as violating part of the…

Celebrating one of the Voting Rights Act’s many anniversaries

by Brianne Gorod

In this commentary, Brianne Gorod of the Constitutional Accountability Center argues that the Voting Rights Act's multiple…

The Voting Rights Act and the Second Redemption

by Kermit Roosevelt

In this commentary, Kermit Roosevelt from the University of Pennsylvania Law School says our country's legacy of slavery and…

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