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Constitution
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Texas Bar Blog
EDITORIAL: Celebrate the Importance of American Freedom
The Constitution is a crucial thread in the fabric of our country's history. As former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor once said, the Constitution changed world history "for…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Video: Edward Snowden Speaks
"I took an oath to support the Constitution, and I felt the Constitution was violated on a massive scale," Edward Snowden said in his video conference delivered from his asylum…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
225 Years of Federal Government under our Constitution
Today, March 4, 2014, marks 225 years of governance under our Constitution. As explained over at the National Constitution Center's Constitution Daily blog, the Confederation Congress set March 4, 1789,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Constitute: The World’s Constitutions On Line
The folks at the Comparative Constitutions Project created an excellent new resource, Constitute, an on-line, searchable, and topic-tagged collection of the constitutions of the world. (H/t to Michael Huggins.) The…
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The Constitution? There’s a New App for That
Talk about a living Constitution -- here's one the framers never saw coming. Today, the U.S. government is marking Constitution Day by launching an official annotated Constitution app that will…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Wrong and Dangerous: Ten Right Wing Myths about Our Constitution by Garrett Epps
Wrong and Dangerous: Ten Right Wing Myths about Our Constitution by Garrett Epps The primary purpose of the United States Constitution is to limit Congress. There is no separation of church…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Does Windsor Put the U.S. Constitution Back in Play?
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For many around the world, the U.S. Constitution is no longer the gold standard. That's because more recent constitutions, like South Africa's, contain a broader set of individual rights. (And…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Gettysburg and the Constitution
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The National Constitution Center recently hosted a discussion on the Battle of Gettysburg, with Ted Widmer, Sean Wilentz, Judith Giesberg, and Adam Goodheart, of the Disunion blog at the NYT.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Peter Sagal’s Constitution USA
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Peter Sagal (of NPR's Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!) took to the road on his Harley to talk about the Constitution with everyone from scholars to regular…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Immigration, Sovereignty, and the Constitution of Foreignness by Matthew J. Lindsay
Immigration, Sovereignty, and the Constitution of Foreignnessby Matthew J. Lindsay University of Baltimore - School of LawFebruary 2013Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, February 2013 University of Baltimore School…