Tag: U.S. Constitution

Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.

Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.

The Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee's ban did not violate "U.S. constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law by discriminating on the basis of sex" and upholds ban against treatment for minors.

Republicans push sweeping limits on judicial authority after courts repeatedly block Trump’s executive actions as unlawful or unconstitutional.

But Trump doesn’t care what’s in the U.S. constitution any more than he cares what trees make up his toilet paper.

Author and legal scholar Elie Mystal’s first book argues that the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are deeply flawed, but that it’s still possible to use them to protect the rights of women and people of color.

With activism more and more referred to as a form of terrorism on the right, the left will need to take local and state elections more seriously to halt the trend.

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

The real threat is the real possibility of a rogue Constitutional convention – empowering extremists to radically reshape the Constitution, our laws, and our country.