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Detroit bankruptcy case puts federalism on center stage
Detroit’s bankruptcy case has the potential to be the latest in a series of high-profile power conflicts between the federal government and states with constitutional roots. In case you missed it,...
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Article VI of the Constitution allowed the new federal government assumed the financial obligations of the old government, established the “supremacy clause” as the most important guarantor of national...
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A Supreme Court love triangle case that could make history
One of the big Supreme Court decisions due soon has flown under the radar, unless you’re a scholar, even though it’s based on a love triangle that could redefine some constitutional history. The case...
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Sheriffs file Supremacy Clause suit to stop pot in Colorado
A second legal challenge is emerging in the federal court system to Colorado’s legalization of marijuana, with the latest lawsuit repeating a challenge on constitutional grounds. On Thursday sheriffs...
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Constitution Check: Did the Supreme Court take away states’ power over marriage?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at remarks made by a Tennessee judge that his court lacked the power to decide a divorce case because of the...
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Constitution Check: Do state legislatures have the power to shut down state...
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s adviser on constitutional literacy, examines the rising pressure that state legislatures are putting on state courts through budget restrictions and...
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Constitution Check: Are people who follow some religious faiths barred from...
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how part of the debate about a religious test for presidential candidates has been well-settled...
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Happy 227th birthday to First United States Congress
On this day in 1789, the First Congress under our current Constitution met in its first joint session in New York and undertook an important order of business: confirming George Washington’s election...
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