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The Justices’ faith and their Religion Clause decisions

by Marcia Coyle

After a recent television discussion of the religion decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in the just-ended term, a viewer wrote in…

The Justices’ faith and their Religion Clause decisions
Justice Alito’s ‘Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’

by Marcia Coyle

In three major U.S. Supreme Court decisions on Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. found himself with losing arguments and he wrote…

Justice Alito’s ‘Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’
The U.S. Supreme Court: Surprises in the home stretch?

by Marcia Coyle

The U.S. Supreme Court wraps up oral arguments this week and begins an intense period of drafting opinions in its pending cases.…

The U.S. Supreme Court: Surprises in the home stretch?
Battle for the Constitution: Week of February 8th, 2021 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of February 8th, 2021 Roundup
Battle for the Constitution: Week of October 26, 2020 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of October 26, 2020 Roundup
Hunting for ‘super precedents’ in U.S. Supreme Court confirmations

by Marcia Coyle

Last week, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee members pressed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on whether the landmark…

Hunting for ‘super precedents’ in U.S. Supreme Court confirmations
A New U.S. Supreme Court?

by Marcia Coyle

The late Justice Byron White famously said that with each new justice, there is a new Supreme Court. Americans soon will be able…

A New U.S. Supreme Court?
Whither the U.S. Supreme Court?

by Marcia Coyle

Constitution Daily contributor Marcia Coyle looks at what may still be—with an unexpected element—the most significant Supreme…

Whither the U.S. Supreme Court?
School Choice and Separation of Church and State

by Jackie McDermott

A lawsuit over K-12 scholarships has sparked a battle over the religion clauses of the Constitution.

School Choice and Separation of Church and State
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”?
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