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People vote at city hall in San Francisco, California, in the 2018 mid-term election.

Social Justice

Non-Citizens Used to Vote Regularly in America. Should More Elections Be Open to Them Today?

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

Spenser Mestel

Viewfinder: House Democrats Ask Why the White House Supports an Effort to End Obamacare

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

Pacific Standard Staff

Then-Representative, now Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

Social Justice

What Happens If Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce State Gun-Control Laws?

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

Brianna Provenzano

Huawei Will Sue the U.S. for Banning Government Agencies From Using Its Products

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

Rebecca Worby

Joe Biden swears in Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont).

Social Justice

Is Bernie Sanders Too Old to Be President?

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

Jared Keller

Ideas

It’s Time to Abolish the State of the Union Address

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

Jared Keller

Social Justice

Can the Government Force You to Unlock Your Phone?

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

Josephine Wolff

Viewfinder: Climate Protests at the Supreme Court

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.

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Explaining the Constitutional Crisis Dodge

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

Seth Masket

A U.S. Border Patrol agent stands near the border fence between the United States and Mexico in Nogales, Arizona.

Social Justice

A Federal Court Rules That U.S. Constitutional Protections Apply to a Mexican Teen Shot by Border Patrol

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.

Jack Herrera