Political debate has always been filled with heated words and deeply held emotions. But the level of civility in political discourse has reached a new low.
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Since 1913, the number of seats in the House has remained constant even though the nation’s population has more than tripled.
Pork producers are challenging a California law that animal welfare advocates call the most important measure for farm animal protection in decades.
Black conservative Clarence Thomas’ improbable rise as a powerful US Supreme Court justice today was unimaginable during his controversial confirmation hearings in 1991.
Affirmative action, discrimination against LGBTQ people and election laws are some of the hot-button issues that the Supreme Court will tackle this fall.
Major Supreme Court decisions and reversals last term are leaving some people, including this scholar on constitutional politics, wondering – what’s going on with the court?
Other countries disqualify political officials and prevent them from holding office more often than the US does. There are benefits and potential risks to using this kind of legal tactic.
303 Creative v. Elenis gives SCOTUS another chance to set precedent about what happens when First Amendment freedoms come at a cost to civil rights.
In 1972, justices handed down a decision that attacked discriminatory and capricious death sentences. But it left the door ajar for states to continue the practice.
Lower federal court judges follow a formal code of ethics, but this does not apply to Supreme Court justices, leaving potential conflicts of interest unchecked.
A doctrine embraced by some conservatives could be adopted by the US Supreme Court. And if the court does, Americans’ political power will be dramatically limited.
Grand juries are meeting in Georgia and Washington, D.C., as part of investigations into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. How do they work?
For the past 50 years, the Supreme Court has issued rulings that narrow tribal rights while Congress has worked to expand them. A recent ruling struck yet another blow against Native sovereignty.
The judicial theory has been a major talking point during the Supreme Court’s last term. But what does it actually mean?
The notwithstanding clause is both historically appropriate and democratically desirable. Excising it would make our Charter of Rights and Freedoms more American. Is that really where we want to go?
When Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Fred Gray was her lawyer. Now he’s being honored for a lifetime of civil rights advocacy.
The court’s history shows it is often at the centre of political arguments.
The justices who decided to overturn the abortion rights precedent of Roe v. Wade explained their reasoning, and signaled other precedents could be reversed as well.
A Supreme Court scholar untangles the ideas that undergird the historic ruling overturning the Constitutional right to an abortion.
By a 6 to 3 majority, the Supreme Court decided to overrule the landmark Roe decision and end almost 50 years of access to abortion being a constitution right.
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Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor Emeritus of Government, Wesleyan University
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
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Professor of law and ethics, Georgia State University
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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Professor Emeritus of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University