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Frontiero v. Richardson: A landmark case for gender equality

by NCC Staff

On May 14, 1973, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Frontiero v. Richardson, a case that furthered the cause of gender…

Frontiero v. Richardson: A landmark case for gender equality
Is President Trump immune to lawsuits?

by Maggie Baldridge

President Donald Trump brings the question of presidential immunity back into public debate as he faces numerous civil lawsuits…

Is President Trump immune to lawsuits?
Ronald Reagan’s big impact on the Supreme Court

by NCC Staff

The Reagan era of the 1980s is often remembered for the President’s pursuit of ending the Cold War and his legacy as the…

Electoral College a rare topic of discussion at Supreme Court

by Scott Bomboy

With all of the recent attention given to the Electoral College, not a lot has been written by the Supreme Court on the unique…

The longest Supreme Court nomination delay in history

by NCC Staff

The current controversy over Merrick Garland’s nomination has nothing on the worst Supreme Court delay of all time during John…

Can only a jury impose the death penalty?

by Lyle Denniston

Reading a Supreme Court ruling of last January in a widely expansive way, a divided Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down…

Why the Supreme Court isn’t compelled to follow a conduct code

by Scott Bomboy

The debate over recent remarks by a Supreme Court Justice about a presidential candidate has brought attention to a…

Update:  Supreme Court sends right-to-sue case back to lower court

by NCC Staff

The Spokeo case has lurked under the media radar as one of the biggest decisions of the Supreme Court’s current term. So why do…

The debate over student off-campus speech and First Amendment protection

by NCC Staff

A recent federal court ruling about a public-school student punished for a Facebook post about a bomb threat may have some bigger…

Could Texas secede from the United States, if it wanted to?

by Jonathan Stahl

The upcoming Republican state convention in Texas may consider the topic of the state's secession from the United States. Here's a…

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