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Supreme Court accepts one person, one vote case for fall

by Scott Bomboy

There were no major decisions at the Supreme Court on Tuesday but a significant new case about voting representation was accepted…

Supreme Court divided about same-sex marriage in historic arguments

by NCC Staff

As expected, a deeply divided United States Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday about status of same-sex marriage, and again…

Constitution Check: Might the Supreme Court take a pass on same-sex marriage now?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s literacy adviser, looks that an interesting argument posed about next…

Supreme Court declines deer hunting, fish pedicure cases

by NCC Staff

Sometimes, cases not accepted by the Supreme Court can be as interesting as those accepted for arguments, and on Monday, the court…

Constitution Check: Is the Supreme Court promoting race bias in election districting?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at Wednesday’s Supreme Court…

Supreme Court sends Alabama redistricting plan back to lower court

by NCC Staff

A divided Supreme Court said on Wednesday that Alabama’s legislative map, drawn by a Republican-controlled legislature after the…

Constitution Check: Who will blink first on same-sex marriage in Alabama?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the unusual situation in Alabama,…

Where does the government’s right to require vaccinations come from?

by Laura Beltz

How did the government first deal with the legal issue of requiring vaccines that promote immunity against diseases? The legal…

Federal judge orders Alabama official to issue same-sex marriage licenses

by NCC Staff

The gay-marriage debate in Alabama has taken another turn, after a federal judge overruled the state's chief justice in a dispute…

Celebrating our nation’s second founding

by Doug Kendall and Tom Donnelly

In this commentary, Doug Kendall and Tom Donnelly from the Constitutional Accountability Center argue that during Black History…

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