To define “sexual material harmful to minors,” the state relied on a similar definition that Congress used when it enacted the Child Online Protection Act in 1998. It boils down to a finding that the “average person,” applying “contemporary community standards” would with respect to mino...
“It’s very clear,” August said. “If someone comes here legally and goes through the process and they’re granted U.S. citizenship, they’ll be able to vote. It’s got nothing to do with race or immigration.” An aide for Republican state. Sen. Jul...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in August that over 6,500 potential noncitizens had been removed from the state's voter rolls since 2021. Ohio Secretary of State Frank La Rose also said in August that he referred 138 apparent noncitizens found to have voted in a recent election for prosecution...
One must, perhaps most centrally, be aware that the constitution-makingprocess is an extremely human one in which people are inclined to lean rather heavily on existing patterns-especially if they have been reasonably effective at achieving the ends of constitutionalism. With this as a starting ...
which consider and process legislation and exercise general control over government agencies and departments. Thevice president of the United Statesserves as the president of the Senate but can vote only in instances where there is a tie. In the vice president’s absence, the president pro tempore...
Government employees, for example, may be fired for saying things that interfere with the employer’sefficiency. Elementary, junior high, andhigh schoolstudents may bedisciplinedfor saying things that risk substantially disrupting the educational process or for using vulgarities at school. If the gove...
Supreme Court answered that question in 2010, with its ruling onMcDonaldv.Chicago. In a plurality opinion, a 5–4 majority held that “the right to possess a handgun in the home for the purpose of self-defense” is applicable to the states through theFourteenth Amendment’sdue processclause...
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified•Jan. 19, 2025, 9:10 PM ET (AP) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposedamendmentto theU.S. Constitutionthat would invalidate many state and federal laws that discriminate againstwomen; its central underlying principle is that...