Constitution Daily Blog
Article III, Section 1
Supreme Court rules for sports betting
The Supreme Court started the process of releasing significant decisions from its current term on Monday, with a much-anticipated…
Supreme Court cases where students influenced the Constitution
Some of the most significant Supreme Court cases in history were controversies that were started by, or on behalf, of public…
Why do politicians and judges get paid during a government shutdown?
One of the biggest questions during a federal government shutdown is, “who gets paid?” Due to the Constitution, the people…
Was the Vietnam War unconstitutional?
This is the second of several articles that Constitution Daily will publish on the constitutional legacy of the war in Vietnam,…
Three Supreme Court cases involving the Ku Klux Klan
Violent public demonstrations involving white supremacists and counter-protesters in Virginia last weekend are driving a lot of…
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Applying the Constitution to Guantánamo prisoners
On June 29, 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bush administration's use of military commissions to try suspected terrorists…
The history behind Loving v. Virginia
In this commentary, Matthew Pinsker of Dickinson College explores the laws, practices, and cases that led up to the Supreme…
Ronald Reagan’s big impact on the Supreme Court
The Reagan era of the 1980s is often remembered for the President’s pursuit of ending the Cold War and his legacy as the…
Why the Supreme Court isn’t compelled to follow a conduct code
The debate over recent remarks by a Supreme Court Justice about a presidential candidate has brought attention to a…
The Supreme Court's Utah v. Strieff decision and the Fourth Amendment
On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Utah v. Strieff, involving the intricacies of the Fourth Amendment’s…
