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Can politicians block negative comments on their social media accounts?

by Scott Bomboy

The surging popularity of social media is testing one of the most basic constitutional rights: the public’s ability to criticize…

Can politicians block negative comments on their social media accounts?
Supreme Court cases where students influenced the Constitution

by Scott Bomboy

Some of the most significant Supreme Court cases in history were controversies that were started by, or on behalf, of public…

Supreme Court cases where students influenced the Constitution
Public school student free speech: A primer

by Scott Bomboy

Organized protests this week at public secondary and high schools related to the Parkland shooting have raised several…

Public school student free speech: A primer
Public meeting arrest case puts Justices in predicament

by Scott Bomboy

When can someone be arrested at a public government meeting during a public comment forum?  That’s a tricky question the…

Public meeting arrest case puts Justices in predicament
Gorsuch seen as decider in union fees case

by Scott Bomboy

Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch said nothing during Monday’s Supreme Court arguments in a potential landmark case that could…

Gorsuch seen as decider in union fees case
Confederate monuments debate heads to the courts

by Scott Bomboy

Do local governments have the ability to remove monuments in public spaces that commemorate the Confederacy, its military or its…

Confederate monuments debate heads to the courts
How Dr. King cited the Constitution in his Mountaintop speech

by NCC Staff

On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his last public speech, which referenced the Bible and the Constitution. His…

How Dr. King cited the Constitution in his Mountaintop speech
A review of the season’s lawsuits about holiday displays

by Scott Bomboy

For millions of Americans, December brings celebrations of religious and secular holidays. But the uniqueness of the season also…

A review of the season’s lawsuits about holiday displays
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s new constitutional dilemma

by Lyle Denniston

Over the years, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has become the Supreme Court’s most energetic defender of gay rights, one of its true…

Justice Anthony Kennedy’s new constitutional dilemma
Supreme Court denies Westboro funeral protest appeal

by Scott Bomboy

Without comment, the United States Supreme Court denied an appeal from the Westboro Baptist Church on Monday about a Nebraska law…

Supreme Court denies Westboro funeral protest appeal
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