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Supreme Court sends Alabama redistricting plan back to lower court
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?
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?
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
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
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?
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?
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?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, says the same-sex marriage fight will come…
