Feb 14
Constitution Check: How secure is Desiline Victor’s right to vote?
Lyle Denniston examines the presence of a 102-year-old voter at the State of the Union address as foreshadowing a Supreme Court decision over the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Feb 12
Constitution Check: Is a limit on the number of bullets a gun can fire unconstitutional?
Lyle Denniston looks at the issue of ammunition clips, and if there is a constitutional precedent to protect them from gun control restrictions.
Feb 7
Constitution Check: Is the war crimes court constitutionally jinxed?
Lyle Denniston looks at the troubled history of the Guantanamo Bay trials and their unsettled future.
Feb 5
Constitution Check: Is the War Powers Clause a dead letter in the Cyberspace Age?
Does the Constitution give the president the power to conduct cyber-warfare? Lyle Denniston looks a new issue involving the War Powers Clause.
Jan 29
Constitution Check: Is winner-take-all Electoral College voting in trouble?
Can anyone sue to stop an effort to change how electoral votes are allocated in swing states? Lyle Denniston examines the constitutional arguments about a contentious issue.
