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14th Amendment

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…

Constitution Check: What are the Supreme Court’s options now on same-sex marriage?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, previews the various dimensions of the…

Constitution Check: When and how will the Supreme Court act on same-sex marriage?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s adviser on constitutional literacy, looks at how and when the Supreme Court…

Constitution Check: Would marriage for gays be a newly created right, or recognition of an old right?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, says the same-sex marriage fight will come…