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Fifth Amendment
Would the Fifth Amendment stop Trump’s Mexico wall?
Funding for Donald Trump’s Mexico border wall will be front and center in next month’s budget debate, but there could be a…
Constitution Check: When unmarried couples split, who gets their property?
National Constitution Center Supreme Court correspondent Lyle Denniston looks at a new equality pursuit that may wind up at the…
How colleges investigate sexual assault on campus
Growing attention to the problem of sexual assault on college campuses has raised interesting constitutional concerns.
Ernesto Miranda’s role in constitutional history
Note: Landmark Cases, C-SPAN’s series on historic Supreme Court decisions—produced in cooperation with the National…
Trump’s Muslim comments start a debate with constitutional scholars
Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s broad comments about restricting Muslim access to the United States have drawn a lot of…
The Supreme Court takes on assets needed for a criminal defense
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Luis v. United States. While case does not directly challenge the…
Constitution Check: May lawyers lead a campaign to defy the Supreme Court?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the ramifications of a call from a…
Constitution Check: Is Puerto Rico just a colony under Congress’s control?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at a case about Puerto Rico’s…
Constitution Check: Did the Kentucky county clerk win her religious exemption, after all?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the Kim Davis case and how a judge in…
The Constitution and the Cleveland GOP debates
Among the topics covered in Thursday’s two GOP debates were several points about the Constitution. Here is a quick look at those…
