Reading Supreme Court opinions can be a slog. They are filled with citations and quotations from other cases, many unimportant. The arguments appear overburdened. When it comes to these important ...

The Constitution is a legal document that structures government and protects rights. Sometimes overlooked, however, is the reality that it is also a statement of values and principles on which the ...

Chief Justice John Marshall’s landmark opinion for the Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) articulated foundational principles that have shaped American constitutional law to this day. In ...

As my last post explained, my new book, Constitutional Symmetry: Judging in a Divided Republic, argues that judges should favor, when possible, constitutional understandings that offer valuable ...

Jurisprudence is a lofty profession for which considerable study and acumen are indispensable. But the verdicts of courts are, and must be, as subject to review and even criticism as laws passed by ...

The rights of the individual and the separation of powers are core constitutional principles. Both are being challenged.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Senate’s decision to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second ...

Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution was drafted to dismantle the 1978 one-party state and restore multiparty constitutional rule. That ...