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Justice Breyer scouts a path through a sticky thicket of student speech
During U.S. Supreme Court arguments in April in the case of the cursing cheerleader, Justice Stephen Breyer was frustrated with…
Supreme Court narrowly protects student free speech online
In a closely watched decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a public school student’s off-campus Snapchat rant was…
Justice Alito’s ‘Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’
In three major U.S. Supreme Court decisions on Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. found himself with losing arguments and he wrote…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of May 3rd, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…
The U.S. Supreme Court: Surprises in the home stretch?
The U.S. Supreme Court wraps up oral arguments this week and begins an intense period of drafting opinions in its pending cases.…
Cheerleader case presents free-speech test for public schools
One of the Supreme Court’s landmark First Amendment cases could be redefined early this summer as the justices decide a modern…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of March 22nd, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…
What the Founders thought about mob violence
National Constitution Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen says the Founders would have been appalled by the attack on the…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of February 8th, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…
The Supreme Court’s Religion Conundrum
The U.S. Supreme Court’s late-night Friday order slapping down most of California’s pandemic restrictions on religious…
