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The Justices’ faith and their Religion Clause decisions
After a recent television discussion of the religion decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in the just-ended term, a viewer wrote in…
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…
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.…
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…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of October 26, 2020 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…
Hunting for ‘super precedents’ in U.S. Supreme Court confirmations
Last week, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee members pressed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on whether the landmark…
A New U.S. Supreme Court?
The late Justice Byron White famously said that with each new justice, there is a new Supreme Court. Americans soon will be able…
Whither the U.S. Supreme Court?
Constitution Daily contributor Marcia Coyle looks at what may still be—with an unexpected element—the most significant Supreme…
School Choice and Separation of Church and State
A lawsuit over K-12 scholarships has sparked a battle over the religion clauses of the Constitution.
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…
