Constitution Daily Blog
Article III
A brief review of executive privilege, from Washington to Trump
How do Presidents deal with sensitive information requests from Congress? Sometimes they just say No, citing a right of executive…
Frontiero v. Richardson: A landmark case for gender equality
On May 14, 1973, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Frontiero v. Richardson, a case that furthered the cause of gender…
Is President Trump immune to lawsuits?
President Donald Trump brings the question of presidential immunity back into public debate as he faces numerous civil lawsuits…
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…
Electoral College a rare topic of discussion at Supreme Court
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
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?
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
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
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
A recent federal court ruling about a public-school student punished for a Facebook post about a bomb threat may have some bigger…
