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Looking back at the Ku Klux Klan Act

by Nicholas Mosvick

The Ku Klux Klan Act may be a law from the Reconstruction era, but it still relevant today as a way to address modern civil rights…

Looking back at the Ku Klux Klan Act
Elizabeth Freeman, her case for freedom, and the Massachusetts Constitution

by Alexandra "Mac" Taylor

Almost a decade before the U.S. Constitution was signed into law, the first African American woman to successfully file a lawsuit…

Elizabeth Freeman, her case for freedom, and the Massachusetts Constitution
Constitutional powers and issues during a quarantine situation

by Scott Bomboy

The growing concerns about the coronavirus in the United States could lead to government officials considering isolation and…

Constitutional powers and issues during a quarantine situation
Battle for the Constitution: Week of March 8th, 2021 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of March 8th, 2021 Roundup
Dred Scott decision still resonates today

by NCC Staff

On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Dred Scott case, which had a direct impact on the coming of…

Dred Scott decision still resonates today
Has America ‘Changed’ in Racially Discriminatory Voting?

by Marcia Coyle

Do U.S. Supreme Court justices ever regret their own decisions? The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once said a mentor told her:…

Has America ‘Changed’ in Racially Discriminatory Voting?
The Constitution offers another path to Trump accountability

by Marcia Coyle

The 25th Amendment is a non-starter in the effort to remove President Donald Trump from office. Impeachment may stall in the U.S.…

The Constitution offers another path to Trump accountability
Hunting for ‘super precedents’ in U.S. Supreme Court confirmations

by Marcia Coyle

Last week, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee members pressed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on whether the landmark…

Hunting for ‘super precedents’ in U.S. Supreme Court confirmations
Battle for the Constitution: Week of August 17th, 2020 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of August 17th, 2020 Roundup
The birthright citizenship debate returns for 2020 election

by Scott Bomboy

Recent comments from scholars about vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s citizenship status have revived a constitutional…

The birthright citizenship debate returns for 2020 election
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