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10 Supreme Court cases about the 14th Amendment
On the anniversary of the 14th Amendment's ratification, Constitution Daily looks at 10 historic Supreme Court cases about due…
Bradwell v. Illinois: When the Supreme Court denied legal work to women
On April 15, 1873, the Supreme Court decided in Bradwell v. Illinois, striking down the Myra Bradwell’s challenge to the…
On this day, Supreme Court refuses women right to vote
On March 29, 1875, in the case of Minor v. Happersett, the Supreme Court rejected to claim of Virginia Minor that under the 14th…
The past and future of America’s political community
Constitution Daily contributor Lyle Denniston looks at how the United States has considered and debated political representation…
Trump team again drops citizenship question on census
Saying there is not enough time to go on waging a court battle over adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, the…
Two judges ponder new orders in census controversy
With government lawyers under pressure from President Trump looking for a new way to justify asking everyone in America about…
It’s final: no citizenship question on 2020 census
In a decision that seems sure to have a significant impact on American politics over the coming decade, the Trump Administration…
Justices step in to settle legal fate of DACA
For nearly 18 years, Congress has been studying plans to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants known as “dreamers”…
Citizenship question on census barred for now
The Supreme Court split several different ways on Thursday as it ruled on the Trump administration’s plan to ask everyone in the…
Down-to-the-wire on the census controversy
Faced with the prospect that a lower court may issue a new ban on adding a citizenship question to the census, the Trump…
