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The First Amendment on Campus and Online
The National Constitution Center, in partnership with a coalition of leading free speech organizations, convened a National First Amendment Summit on…
2 years, 9 months ago
The U.S. Supreme Court and Ethics Reform
This summer, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would attempt to set ethics rules for the U.S. Supreme Court and a process to e…
2 years, 9 months ago
Is President Trump Disqualified from Office Under the 14th Amendment?
Two constitutional law scholars—Will Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen—recently published an in-depth article arguing that President Donald Trump is d…
2 years, 10 months ago
Montesquieu and the Constitution
Described in The Federalist as “the celebrated Montesquieu,” Charles de Montesquieu was cited more often than any other author from 1760-1800. In wha…
2 years, 10 months ago
Civic Virtue and Citizenship
Christopher Beem, author of The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy; Richard Haass, author of The …
2 years, 10 months ago
Judge J. Michael Luttig on January 6 and the Indictment of President Donald Trump
Earlier this month, President Trump was indicted in federal court in Washington, D.C. for conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential elections. Jud…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Modern History of Originalism
In this episode, a panel of libertarian and conservative scholars—J. Joel Alicea of the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, Anasta…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley
David Waldstreicher’s The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence offers the fullest account to date…
2 years, 11 months ago
Justice Gorsuch and Native American Law
This past term, the Supreme Court handed down two major decisions about Native American law. In Arizona v. Navajo Nation, the Court ruled 5-4 that a …
2 years, 11 months ago
303 Creative and Other Key Cases From SCOTUS’s 2022-23 Term
In a 6-3 ruling at the end of the 2022-23 term, the Supreme Court handed down a major First Amendment decision about the intersection of free express…
2 years, 11 months ago