In arguments in a voting rights case, the new justice said history must inform constitutional interpretation, making a liberal case for an idea often associated with conservatives.
Tag: Fourteenth Amendment (US Constitution)
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Jamie Raskin on The Second Amendment
It is essential to reject the myth that frustrated citizens have a right to raise arms against the government.
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A Long-Shot Push to Bar Trump in 2024 as an ‘Insurrectionist’
The drive reflects concern among Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans that, despite multiple investigations and evidence of wrongdoing, the former president may make a comeback.
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Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6
The ruling made Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in New Mexico, the first official in more than 100 years to be removed under the Constitution’s bar on insurrectionists holding office.
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The Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision, Haunted by Brown v. Board of Education
The justices cited the landmark 1954 decision banning segregation in public schools 23 times, debating its meaning and methods.