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 ...
Orlando Sentinel25d
What Orange County’s 10 proposed charter amendments actually do
What it means: This year’s set of 10 proposed charter amendments came from two places ... Arthur and Davis would have faced each other for the first time in November, with the leading vote ...
Abortion-rights amendment leads as first votes tallied in Missouri
If approved, the constitutional amendment will take effect Dec. 6. After that, expect lawsuits to overturn the state’s ...
NY Prop 1, so-called ‘Equal Rights Amendment,' passes as state constitutional amendment
While there were perhaps more noteworthy or highly publicized races being determined on Election Day, there was one item New ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...