Cases brought by voters and advocacy groups that seek to disqualify Trump from running in 2024 have been brought in more than half of the states, including the cases that have gone to court in Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota, according to acompilation from Lawfare. In Colorado, a s...
Washington— TheSupreme Court is poised to hear argumentson Thursday in a milestone case over whether former President Donald Trump is eligible for theprimary and general election ballotsunder the Constitution's insurrection clause, which marks the high court's most direct involvement in a presidential...
The atmosphere in the Supreme Court on Thursday was “much more tepid” when compared to the oral arguments held for Bush v. Gore in 2000, according to CNN senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic, who was in the courtroom for hearings during both cases. “Not only could you feel prett...
10 Huge Supreme Court Cases About the 14th Amendment,Constitution Center. By:History.com Editors HISTORY.comworks with a wide range of writers and editors to create accurate and informative content. All articles are regularly reviewed and updated by the HISTORY.com team. Articles with the “HISTOR...
Because Section 1 of the 14th Amendment is so dense and provides so many rights,it’s become one of the most litigated Constitutional Amendments.Brown v. Board of Education,Plessy v. Ferguson, andLoving v. Virginiaare all famous Supreme Court cases that deal with the 14th Amendment. ...
Many of the cases that arrive before the U.S. Supreme Court begin with individuals either trying right a wrong or make their own lives better. They rarely expect to launch a national movement. That was pretty much the case whenNorma McCorveyfound herself pregnant with her third child in 19...
With the pronouncement of the Court of Appeal as to the proper procedure to be adopted in such cases under the amended O 14, it is clear that a defendant, who wishes to stay legal proceedings in favour of arbitration, is entitled to insist that the stay application be finally resolved ...
Absent an attempt by the executive branch to override a debt limit and spark an ensuing court test, the arguments presented above are just that. Cases can and have been made for both a narrow and a broad interpretation of the Public Debt Clause contained in the 14th Amendment. ...
In Sixth Amendment cases, the Court recognized the value of diversity very broadly, but focused on regulating categories subject to heightened equal protection scrutiny. Solving Batson That would involve an unconstitutional waiver of either the Fourth Amendment prohibition of unreasonable searches or the ...
It was sanctioned by the Supreme Court of its day, but only as a temporary solution; Justice Sarah Day O’Conner in one of the key cases upholding affirmative action wrote, “We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the ...