Nov 15
Constitution Check: Can Texas get constitutional permission to leave the Union?
Lyle Denniston looks at whether recent petitions for states to secede from the Union would be constitutionally possible.
Nov 13
Constitution Check: What does the 10th Amendment have to do with voting rights?
Lyle Denniston looks at how one justice could be a key factor as the Supreme Court evaluates the 10th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act.
Nov 8
Constitution Check: Will the politics of 2012 influence the constitutionality of gay marriage?
Lyle Denniston looks at the prospects for a constitutional right to gay marriage after Tuesday’s milestone referendum votes.
Nov 6
Constitution Check: Would an Obama victory turn the Supreme Court sharply to the left?
Lyle Denniston looks at claims that a Supreme Court in a second Obama administration would be like “the Warren Court on steroids.”
Nov 1
Will November be same-sex marriage month?
Americans will have many things on their minds in November, but what voters do in four states and what nine Supreme Court justices do around a big walnut table in Washington may go far to shape the future of same-sex marriage across the nation.
