Post Tagged with: "constitutional law"

by Paul Sherman: One of the fascinating things about the First Amendment is that, despite having been around for more than 200 years, there are still fundamental questions that the U.S. Supreme Court has not even addressed, let alone resolved.  One of the most important of these is whether or […]

An Interview with Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute by Ryan P. Mulvey: Shelby County v. Holder is one of the more interesting, even controversial, cases at the Supreme Court this term.  It concerns the constitutionality of portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, an historic piece of civil […]

Part I of II by John D. Shea “Personhood” and its corresponding rights are among the most controversial and yet seemingly illusive topics in current Supreme Court criticism. The Supreme Court’s definition of “Personhood” is like its definition of pornography – “it’s hard to define, but you know it when you see it.” […]