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14th Amendment
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…
Celebrating one of the Voting Rights Act’s many anniversaries
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
In this commentary, Kermit Roosevelt from the University of Pennsylvania Law School says our country's legacy of slavery and…
The Voting Rights Act at a crossroads
In this commentary, Rick Hasen of the University of California, Irvine School of Law says a big trial in North Carolina…
