Nov 15
Constitution Check: Could voting be made mandatory?
It might be done by amending the Constitution.
Nov 14
Health care’s big constitutional test is at hand
The Supreme Court will review President Obama’s health reform law. Here’s what’s at stake.
Nov 9
Constitution Check: Can a state outlaw abortion?
The sponsors of the “Personhood Amendment” were betting on a change in the composition of the Supreme Court.
Nov 3
Constitution Check: Have Senate cloture votes contributed to the growth of government?
There are many reasons why power has flowed toward Washington, but the anti-filibuster rule would be far down the list, if it has been a factor at all.
Nov 1
Crime, eyewitnesses and the Constitution
Researchers who have studied the reaction of jurors to eyewitness evidence say that nothing is more persuasive: juries almost implicitly trust those who say they were there.
