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10 facts about the most famous scene in legal history
The legendary confrontation between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Monkey Trial took place on a hot…
Six big takeaways from this historic Supreme Court term
The Supreme Court wrapped up a historic term this week, one that will be defined largely by unprecedented constitutional issues…
The Supreme Court gives courts new marching orders on issues affecting Americans’ everyday lives
For four decades, courts have followed a Supreme Court decision that was a roadmap of how to proceed when confronted with…
The Supreme Court rules on the government pressuring websites to moderate content
At what point does the government, in taking actions to make social media websites aware of content considered to be…
Vidal v. Elster: Unanimous decision, divided court
On June 13, the Supreme Court decided Vidal v. Elster, a case about the constitutionality of the Lanham Act’s Names Clause. The…
What will Justices Barrett and Jackson bring to the Supreme Court’s homestretch?
By the end of June or early July, Americans will learn the outcome of a remarkable number of major cases in the U.S. Supreme…
Unanimous Supreme Court rejects ban on abortion pills
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled against a group of medical associations and doctors who opposed the use of mifepristone, a…
Examining the legacy of Chief Justice Warren Burger
On June 9, 1969, a near unanimous Senate confirmed federal judge Warren Burger as Chief Justice of the United States, starting a…
In the Supreme Court, unanimous decisions aren’t necessarily the “easy” cases
The late Justice Antonin Scalia once told this reporter: “There is no relationship between the difficulty of a case and its…
The most underrated Founding Father: Oliver Ellsworth?
On the anniversary of Oliver Ellsworth’s birth, Constitution Daily looks back an important founder who helped forge a compromise…
