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First Amendment
Has the First Amendment been “weaponized”?
The Supreme Court ended its latest term in mid-morning Wednesday after having set for itself and lower courts a daunting…
The partisan gerrymander dispute goes on
The Supreme Court, showing once again its reluctance to take a bold step to put some limits on the decades-long practice of…
Supreme Court’s mixed decision on the polling place clothing case
Last week, a divided Supreme Court said a Minnesota law barring political clothing within polling places is unconstitutional, but…
Are the Justices ready for another gay wedding case?
The Supreme Court will soon show how eager – or how hesitant – it is to move ahead in defining the government’s power to…
The Supreme Court’s polling place dress-code case
Does the First Amendment protect messages on clothing people wear when casting their votes at polling places? That’s a…
Trump appeals Twitter ruling, unblocks plaintiffs
The Justice Department, as expected, will appeal a federal district court ruling about President Donald Trump’s Twitter habits.
A limited start on gay couples’ marital rights
Three years after finding a constitutional right for gay and lesbian couples to get married, the Supreme Court chose on Monday to…
Supreme Court rules for baker in wedding-cake dispute
A divided Supreme Court said on Monday that a Colorado baker and cake artist was wrongly censored by the state of Colorado for…
A landmark Supreme Court decision faces extinction
On May 12, 1977, the Supreme Court set a precedent about union dues and public-worker unions that could be overturned in the next…
Can politicians block negative comments on their social media accounts?
The surging popularity of social media is testing one of the most basic constitutional rights: the public’s ability to criticize…
