The Supreme Court’s watershed decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) which, as we have seen, introduced a general constitutional...

Although not mentioned in the Constitution, the right to privacy has been invoked by its enormous following as thoroughly American and...

Whatever you think about the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial, 5-4 midnight ruling on the Texas statute forbidding most abortions in...

The U.S. Senate’s constitutional role in the appointment process for federal judges empowers it to thwart presidential nominations to the...

Americans typically consider questions about the meaning of the Constitution through the prism of their political views and values. As a...

How many more Americans would have to die before the United States made the inevitable decision to withdraw from war in Afghanistan,...

Some readers may remember that their introduction to this ancient phrase came when they picked up a copy of Allen Drury’s 1959...

Some readers may remember that their introduction to this ancient phrase came when they picked up a copy of Allen Drury’s 1959...

Advocates of congressional term limits have strong arguments, as we observed last week of the ongoing effort to impose a ceiling on the...

The debate surrounding proposals for term limits on members of Congress would benefit from a reminder of the reasoning behind the 22nd...

Students of the Constitution often ask for an explanation of the Constitutional Convention’s rationale for distinguishing the length of...

On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the proposed Constitution. This was an act for the ages because it not...

Does Congress, under the Time, Place and Manner Clause of the Constitution, possess authority to “alter” or otherwise override state laws...