Tag: US Constitution
This year at the Supreme Court: Gay rights, gun rights and...
Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The Supreme Court begins its annual session on Oct. 7 and will take up a series of cases likely...
Nominating a crony, loyalist or old buddy for attorney general is...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
With President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would nominate former Attorney General William P. Barr to fill the position again, Trump...
Has Trump violated his oath of office? A primer on presidential...
Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University
After his joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, U.S. President Donald Trump was barraged with criticism...
Most panhandling laws are unconstitutional since there’s no freedom from speech
Joseph W. Mead, Cleveland State University
Thousands of U.S. cities restrict panhandling in some way. These ordinances limit face-to-face soliciting, including interactions that occur on...
Arpaio pardon could encourage more civil rights violations
Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis
President Donald Trump may pardon Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who illegally used racial profiling to enforce immigration laws.
It’s...
Trump’s threat to withdraw from NAFTA may hit a hurdle: The...
Tim Meyer, Vanderbilt University
On Aug. 16, representatives of the U.S., Canada and Mexico formally begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an...
Impeachment: It’s political
Jacob Neiheisel, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Editor’s Note: Impeachment is a predominantly legislative process currently followed in several...
San Francisco is using a Montana sheriff’s playbook to sue Trump...
Anthony Johnstone, The University of Montana
San Francisco is suing over President Donald Trump’s executive order against “sanctuary cities.” A federal court hearing...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
