Briefly: A person born in the United States cannot be denied citizenship: The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to anyone born in the United States, regardless…

…became pervasive, with destructive consequences.” At issue in the case is the meaning of a provision of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which provides that “[a]ll persons born or…

Civil Discourse The Fate of the First Amendment – Joyce Vance The Defense Department announced is barring press photographers from the briefings it holds on the war in Iran. Why? According to…

…the Federal Election Commission, and it focuses on one man’s fight in Ohio to exercise his First Amendment right to speak freely about political issues in his community. In his…

…Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern wrote a terrific article there last week about the whiplash Fourth Amendment-cases effect, caused sometimes, as happened last week, when two Fourth Amendment opinions are issued…

…Why Roberts believes in this expanded power and another attack on the 4th Amendment is . . . ? Hat Tip to Joseph Lorenzo Hall, CDT “US DOJ Seeks to…

…did not dismiss–First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights that are relevant to the case–were not clearly established at the time of their actions. They were claiming instead that the complaint…

…escalating. This year, the Republican platform calls for a constitutional amendment that would make abortion illegal. In 1976, the GOP blueprint acknowledged that “the question of abortion is one of…

…Fifth Amendment’s due process clause, which the challengers were not expressly invoking but that Judge Sutton recognized was the appropriate constitutional provision to assert in light of the nature of…

Bob Somerby has been on a rant at The Daily Howler that “liberals” do not understand the Stupak Amendment. Unfortunately, claims he makes about Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann and…