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First Amendment
A tale of two crosses at the Supreme Court
Two different appeals at the Supreme Court are asking the Justices to reconsider rulings that bar the display of large crosses on…
Judge extends 3-D gun blueprint ban until case is resolved
A federal judge in Seattle has issued a preliminary national injunction blocking a website from offering 3-D-printer gun…
The Scopes Monkey trial and the Constitution
On July 21, 1925, the famous Scopes Monkey trial over teaching evolution in public schools concluded. Mostly remembered today was…
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…
