…these lawsuits concern a federal statute called The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which provides religious protections for these groups beyond what the Supreme Court has held that the First Amendment…

…Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has incrementally undermined McCain’s landmark campaign finance act by saying it doesn’t meet First Amendment requirements. McCain has in turn been dismissive of a…

…the First Amendment? I’d never heard of this law before, and I don’t know how long ago it was passed and what stage the court challenge to it is at,…

…the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause limiting the federal government’s powers to infringe upon individuals’ rights, is a sophism, as a matter of law and as a matter of logic….

…cuts including cuts to Social Security and Medicare for current and future recipients, as well as a ‘cart before the horse’ constitutional amendment –a ‘balanced budget amendment’ that would, for…

…at the heart of the debate about the constitutionality of the PPACA. Michigan v. Bryant is not a Commerce Clause case. It is a Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause case. The…

…before the Civil War and the post-Civil War constitutional amendments and civil rights legislation. The theory, in its most extreme version, is that the states are similar to sovereign nations…

…his particular heart is at issue. Think Second Amendment. Or Fifth Amendment’s “takings” rights. The kids who along with their parents sued in Miller were lucky. Had they waited until…

…to court, at least to challenge the constitutionality of a statute, government policy or government act, by someone who is not claiming a Fifth Amendment “takings” violation, religious discrimination, “reverse…

…on what they think will be a sympathetic case–family partnerships that run family real estate businesses. A substitute amendment is under consideration, which would change the percentages and grant even…