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The Scopes Monkey trial and the Constitution

by Scott Bomboy

On July 21, 1925, the famous Scopes Monkey trial over teaching evolution in public schools concluded. Mostly remembered today was…

The Scopes Monkey trial and the Constitution
Has the First Amendment been “weaponized”?

by Lyle Denniston

The Supreme Court ended its latest term in mid-morning Wednesday after having set for itself and lower courts a daunting…

Has the First Amendment been “weaponized”?
The partisan gerrymander dispute goes on

by Lyle Denniston

The Supreme Court, showing once again its reluctance to take a bold step to put some limits on the decades-long practice of…

The partisan gerrymander dispute goes on
Supreme Court’s mixed decision on the polling place clothing case

by Scott Bomboy

Last week, a divided Supreme Court said a Minnesota law barring political clothing within polling places is unconstitutional, but…

Supreme Court’s mixed decision on the polling place clothing case
Are the Justices ready for another gay wedding case?

by Lyle Denniston

The Supreme Court will soon show how eager – or how hesitant – it is to move ahead in defining the government’s power to…

Are the Justices ready for another gay wedding case?
The Supreme Court’s polling place dress-code case

by Scott Bomboy

Does the First Amendment protect messages on clothing people wear when casting their votes at polling places? That’s a…

The Supreme Court’s polling place dress-code case
Trump appeals Twitter ruling, unblocks plaintiffs

by NCC Staff

The Justice Department, as expected, will appeal a federal district court ruling about President Donald Trump’s Twitter habits.

Trump appeals Twitter ruling, unblocks plaintiffs
A limited start on gay couples’ marital rights

by Lyle Denniston

Three years after finding a constitutional right for gay and lesbian couples to get married, the Supreme Court chose on Monday to…

A limited start on gay couples’ marital rights
Supreme Court rules for baker in wedding-cake dispute

by Scott Bomboy

A divided Supreme Court said on Monday that a Colorado baker and cake artist was wrongly censored by the state of Colorado for…

Supreme Court rules for baker in wedding-cake dispute
A landmark Supreme Court decision faces extinction

by Scott Bomboy

On May 12, 1977, the Supreme Court set a precedent about union dues and public-worker unions that could be overturned in the next…

A landmark Supreme Court decision faces extinction
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