Opinion: It took 200 years for the 27th Amendment to be ratified. Here's what it's about
Former Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers writes this regular civics education guest opinion column about the U.S.
Voters reject Florida abortion rights amendment
Florida’s voters on Tuesday rejected Amendment 4, which would have granted abortion rights up until viability. Abortion ...
Judge rules Louisiana law ordering schools to display Ten Commandments violates First Amendment
A district court judge appointed by former President Barack Obama temporarily blocked a Louisiana law ordering schools to ...
Supreme Court turns away January 6 defendant who challenged ‘picketing’ law under First Amendment
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an appeal from John Nassif, a January 6 defendant who challenged a law that bans ...
Opinion: Louisiana's Ten Commandments push shows GOP doesn't care about the Constitution
This isn't about bolstering education in Louisiana. It's creeping Christian nationalism in search of judges who will undo ...
Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana’s Ten Commandments in public schools law
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school ...
Reason4d
A Debate Over the Open Fields Doctrine and Fourth Amendment Law
The bill of rights works the same way. Take the First Amendment. At face value, it bars only "Congress" from "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." But the Court has interpreted this ...
Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments
The judge said the law is “unconstitutional on its face” and plaintiffs are likely to win their case with claims that the law ...
Federal Judge Blocks Law Mandating Ten Commandments Displays in Louisiana Classrooms
The law "is not neutral toward religion," wrote Judge John W. deGravelles, who ruled that the law was "facially ...
Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments
A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been ...
Judge Blocks Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms
A judge temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that requires the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school ...
Orlando Sentinel4d
Editorial: A rigged system efficiently stops amendments
The two most significant amendments on the ballot in Florida failed ... This was the Legislature’s second try to abolish public financing; the first failed with less than 53% support in 2010.