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Google, Twitter, Section 230 and the Future of the Internet
Three decades ago, in the fledgling days of the internet, Congress amended Section V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to grant broader legal pro…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Slaughterhouse Cases at 150
In 1873, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling decided The Slaughterhouse Cases, which narrowly interpreted the new Privileges and Immunities Clause…
3 years, 4 months ago
Richard Stengel on Mandela: The Lost Tapes
Nelson Mandela—born in South Africa in 1918—was an international freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped overturn the apartheid syste…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Public Debt Clause and the Debt Ceiling
The Public Debt Clause of the 14th Amendment states: “The Validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law …. shall not be questio…
3 years, 5 months ago
Roe v. Wade at 50
This January marked the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the seminal and contentious decision recognizing abortion rights, which the Supreme Court ov…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Constitutional and Moral Philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, January 16, 2023, we pay tribute to Dr. King by discussing his historical legacy and constitutional and moral phi…
3 years, 5 months ago
The History of the Speaker of the House
Last week, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California became the Speaker of the House, after 15 rounds of voting. It was the first time since 1923 t…
3 years, 5 months ago
Religious Liberty at the Founding
In this episode, Professor Vincent Phillip Muñoz of Notre Dame Law discusses his newest book, Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Ri…
3 years, 5 months ago
Cicero and the Constitution
How did Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman and philosopher, influence the Founding generation, the Constitution, and American political thought…
3 years, 6 months ago
FDR and the Transformation of the Supreme Court
This month, we hosted a conversation about FDR and the Transformation of the Supreme Court. Legal historian Laura Kalman, author of FDR’s Gambit: The…
3 years, 6 months ago