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Constitution Check: Does the Constitution protect private moral convictions?

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago.

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From the very founding of the Nation, the Constitution has been understood to protect private religious beliefs from government intrusion. The same is not true for private moral values or convictions.

Tags: Affordable Care Act Blunt Amendment Equal Protection Clause religious freedom Sandra Day O'Connor Sen. Roy Blunt

Why “‘We the People’ Loses Appeal” misses the point

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago.

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I like Adam Liptak a lot—in fact, he and my brother were classmates at Yale Law School, during my first three years on the faculty there. But I think Liptak’s article in The New York Times this week, in which he argued that the United States Constitution’s global influence is declining, is off base.

Tags: Adam Liptak Affordable Care Act Democracy News Alert NYU Law Review The New York Times

Will the Supreme Court take a historic turn in 2012?

Posted 1 year, 6 months ago.

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In 2012 John Roberts has an opportunity to add his name to the exclusive list of Chief Justices whose leadership has marked a shift in Supreme Court history and a new era of constitutional doctrine.

Tags: Commerce Clause John Roberts Peter Jennings Project Voting Rights Act

Political trouble ahead for the Supreme Court

Posted 1 year, 6 months ago.

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Hard to believe, but the controversies that followed Bush v. Gore and Citizens United may be more than matched in the new year.

Tags: Bush v. Gore Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Can a Supreme Court Justice be forced off a case?

Posted 1 year, 6 months ago.

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The challengers to Kagan and Thomas argue that they have conflicts of interest that raise questions about their fitness to sit on the health care act cases.

Tags: Clarence Thomas Elena Kagan