Constitution

The Constitution doesn't bar non-citizens from voting, but when San Francisco opened up school elections to all residents, a conservative firestorm followed.

Representative Steven Horsford (D-Nevada) speaks during a news conference on April 9th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Second Amendment sanctuary counties are coming to liberal states, like New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington.

The Chinese telecom company is expected to argue that it has been punished without trial, violating the Constitution.

There's an age minimum for president. A slate of older candidates invite the question of whether there should also be an age cap.

The speech was once useful for setting legislative agendas, but the digital age has made it a mostly useless spectacle.

It's an issue that focuses on the protections granted by the Fifth Amendment.

Protesters attend a rally held by the group Our Children's Trust on October 29th, 2018, outside the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Be wary of political parties' dismissal of impeachment as the invocation of a constitutional crisis.

In a potentially landmark decision, a circuit court judge ruled that the Fourth Amendment should protect Elena Rodriguez, who was a Mexican national killed on Mexican soil.

The suit's plaintiffs say the question could discourage certain ethnic minorities from completing the census due to fears that their responses could be used against them.

Maureen Ui Fhearraigh casts her ballot paper as voting takes place a day earlier than on the mainland, on May 24th, 2018, in Gola Island, Ireland.

Based on recent actions by the president, it appears Trump's idea of creating opportunities for religious values in America involves turning religion into an arm of the state.

The temporary ban on the law will benefit women who have sought abortions with the belief or knowledge that the fetus has Down syndrome.

We're closer to a constitutional convention, where any new amendment could be put before a simple majority vote, than you might realize.

Donald Trump's supporters crowed when leaked pages of his 2005 return showed he paid a hefty amount of taxes. But the returns for the following years, which remain secret, likely include some hefty refunds of that payment.

On a search to find our right to clean drinking water in U.S. and international law.

Proponents of tighter reins on political money worry that a Wisconsin ruling about the governor’s recall campaign could carry seeds of another Citizens United.

While Baltimore erupts, the Supreme Court considers a timely case.

Arizona’s state legislature is unhappy about losing the ability to draw district lines, which has resulted in a major lawsuit. What will the Supreme Court say, and will its decision call into question a host of other electoral reforms?

For more than 30 years, the Federalist Society has worked behind the scenes to shape Supreme Court outcomes to a conservative agenda. In King v. Burwell, its influence could eliminate health insurance subsidies for millions of people.

In order to write a book about the Wonder Woman comics, Noah Berlatsky had to resort to pirated reprints.

Despite how it’s been portrayed on screens both large and small, the Fifth Amendment’s Double Jeopardy Clause isn’t meant to protect against the consequences of an appeal.

A remarkable document in human history, without precedent or rival, the Declaration outlines not what the United States should be, but what it should not be, defining America in opposition to Britain.