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Constitution Check: Is the new Obamacare case all about the nuns?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the desire of attorneys to have the…

Can “In God We Trust” be displayed on police cars?

by Scott Bomboy

The state of Texas and a group promoting the separation of church and state don’t see eye-to-eye over a growing practice of…

Supreme Court accepts new Obamacare challenge

by NCC Staff

The United States Supreme Court on Friday afternoon said it will consolidate seven cases challenging Obamacare’s birth-control…

Constitution Check: Which birth control case will the Supreme Court choose?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the seven cases the Supreme Court…

Schenck v. United States: Defining the limits of free speech

by Joshua Waimberg

In a decision that shaped the First Amendment’s right to free speech for nearly 50 years, the Supreme Court ruled in Schenck v.…

A high school football prayer controversy and the First Amendment

by Scott Bomboy

A constitutional dispute over public prayer between a high school football coach and his school district near Seattle has drawn in…

Constitution Check: Did the Pope intervene in America’s marriage controversy?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how the temperature of the…

The ‘religious issue’: John F. Kennedy, Mitt Romney, and the role of faith in American politics

by Jonathan Stahl

Some presidential candidates want Pope Francis to stay out of American politics. Fifty-five years ago, another prominent Catholic…

Defending the right to live according to one’s conscience

by Kristina Arriaga

In this commentary, Kristina Arriaga of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty urges us to protect the right of every American to…

Constitution Check: Is there, or should there be, a right to be forgotten?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the First Amendment and the desire…

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