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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…
Let’s keep the Voting Rights Act focused on actual racial discrimination
In this commentary, Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity says it's time to do away with disparate impact and…
Constitution Check: Is natural-born citizenship sometimes not a fundamental right?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the current case of five American…
Virginia case could send solitary confinement to the Supreme Court
There could be a five-Justice majority to strike down the practice.
North Carolina voting rights trial to be closely watched
A trial to determine the constitutionality of North Carolina’s voting requirements law will be closely watched as an important…
