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14th Amendment
Constitution Check: Did the Kentucky county clerk win her religious exemption, after all?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the Kim Davis case and how a judge in…
Constitution Check: Did the Supreme Court take away states’ power over marriage?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at remarks made by a Tennessee judge…
Constitution Check: Is freedom of conscience a shield against public duty?
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?
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?
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
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?
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
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
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
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court ruled that a Texas state voter ID law needs to be reconsidered as violating part of the…
