At Year’s End: A Duty to Protect our Constitutional Democracy
In this season of peace, remembrance and celebration, we are beckoned by the ghosts of 1776 and 1787 to recall the historic work of this...
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Dec 27, 20224 min
Constitutionally Speaking, A Former President May Be Prosecuted
It is unclear if the Department of Justice will charge former President Donald Trump with four crimes referred by the January 6...
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Nov 28, 20224 min
Near v. Minnesota: Bulwark of Press Freedom
At this juncture in American history, when the citizenry seems to require frequent reminders of the landmark decisions and actions that...
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Nov 17, 20224 min
Blaisdell: Constitutional Flexibility in the Face of Crisis
The enormous pressures and hardships—financial, medical and psychological-- inflicted on the citizenry by the Great Depression required...
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Nov 17, 20224 min
Before the Court: The Future of National Unity
Two hundred years ago, in the landmark case of Cohens v. Virginia (1821), the future of our Constitution, the aspirations of national...
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Oct 27, 20224 min
Presidents and Former Presidents are Subject to Subpoenas
The 1807 treason trial of Aaron Burr, lost in the mists of early American legal history stirs, at most, only feint recollections among...
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Oct 20, 20224 min
“Equal Protection: Serving Sons and Daughters”
In 1996, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark opinion in United States v. Virginia that exalted women’s rights under the Equal...
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Oct 12, 20224 min
“Muller v. Oregon: Protection for Women in the Workplace”
The U.S. Supreme Court’s long, tortured road to recognizing women’s constitutional rights in the late 20th Century was preceded by...
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Oct 6, 20224 min
“Supreme Court in 1873: Women Unfit to Practice Law”
Not every landmark Supreme Court decision champions the rights of Americans or limits governmental power in a manner that preserves and...
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Sep 28, 20223 min
U.S. v. Smith: No Presidential Power to Initiate War
American legal history firmly rejects the view advanced by some commentators and politicians that the president, not Congress, may decide...
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Sep 23, 20224 min
A Little-Known Landmark Ruling of Historic Dimensions
Little v. Barreme, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1804, may be among the least familiar landmark rulings ever rendered, but it...
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Sep 15, 20224 min
The Court Protects the American Labor Movement
In a stunning decision on April 12, 1937, with enormous constitutional, economic and societal importance, the U.S. Supreme Court, in...
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Sep 6, 20224 min
The Court, the Minimum Wage Ruling and the Holy Ghost
The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling in West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937), set against the backdrop of President Franklin D....
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Sep 6, 20223 min
Shelley v. Kraemer: “My Little Soul is Overjoyed”
In 1947, in the context of changing attitudes about race and a historic shift in federal policy on the practice of segregation in...
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Aug 31, 20224 min
Gideon’s Trumpet: Toward Equality in Criminal Justice
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), entrenched in American folklore by a best-selling book and a popular film, was one of the most famous...
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Aug 22, 20224 min
Loving v. Virginia: Equal Means Equal
In a blockbuster, landmark ruling that rolled back the tides of racism and White Supremacy, the Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia...
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Jul 29, 20224 min
“Like a Loaded Weapon”: The Korematsu Ruling as a Threat
The Supreme Court’s decision in Korematsu v. United States (1944), upholding the forced evacuation of American citizens of Japanese...
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Jul 19, 20224 min
Korematsu: A Heart-Breaking Landmark Decision
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Korematsu v. United States (1944), upheld a government program that required the exclusion of...
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Jul 14, 20224 min
Constitutional Principles for the Ages: McCulloch for Maryland
Chief Justice John Marshall’s landmark opinion for the Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), articulated foundational principles...
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Jul 7, 20224 min
McCulloch: Shaping the Future of American Constitutional Law
The constitutional issues that the Supreme Court addressed –and answered—in the landmark case of McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), have...
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