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Battle for the Constitution: Week of June 21st, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Juneteenth Joins List of Federal Holidays
President Joseph Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law on Thursday, adding Juneteenth to the list of…

On this day: Supreme Court rejects race-based marriage laws
On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court issued its Loving v. Virginia decision, which struck down laws that banned marriages between…

Another race case knocks on the U.S. Supreme Court’s door
Although the U.S. Supreme Court’s term has not ended, its next term is already shaping up as a potential blockbuster with…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of May 24th, 2021 Roundup
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 May 17th, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution, a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Looking back at the Ku Klux Klan Act
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…

Elizabeth Freeman, her case for freedom, and the Massachusetts Constitution
Almost a decade before the U.S. Constitution was signed into law, the first African American woman to successfully file a lawsuit…

Constitutional powers and issues during a quarantine situation
The growing concerns about the coronavirus in the United States could lead to government officials considering isolation and…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of March 8th, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…
