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Constitution Check: If the Supreme Court’s birth-control idea is rejected, what then?
In the second of a two-part series, Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at…
When privacy and the press collide
Who gets to decide what is "newsworthy"? A high-profile dispute between Gawker and Hulk Hogan asks the question.
Hecklers and the First Amendment on the campaign trail
Free, robust, and intense political debate is a hallmark of any legitimate democratic system, but recent events on the 2016…
Constitution Check: Do famous people own their own celebrity identities?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at a case at the Supreme Court for…
Constitution Check: Does Apple have a right to resist the FBI’s phone search demand?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how the legal fight between Apple…
Little Sisters and Big Burdens: Does Obamacare substantially burden the free exercise of religion?
In this commentary, Jeffrey Shulman from Georgetown Law looks at the upcoming Supreme Court case on the Religious Freedom…
How far can a journalist go to get a big story?
Secretly obtained videos of Planned Parenthood officials challenge what is permissible under the First Amendment.
Six years later, Citizens United still looms large
On this day in 2010, the Supreme Court announced its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission—a groundbreaking…
Supreme Court tackles key public union case on Monday
The Supreme Court will start its January term on Monday with arguments in one of the year’s biggest cases, about the fate of…
Constitution Check: Does the First Amendment protect offensive trademarks?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, explains how a First Amendment case about…
