Constitutional Law
8347 ABA Journal Constitutional Law articles.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is getting some attention for a recent speech and a new look—a beard described as “a work in progress” at the
Volokh Conspiracy blog.
Jul 29, 2022 10:53 AM CDT
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas won’t be teaching a constitutional law seminar at the George Washington University Law School after thousands of students asked the school to oust him.
Jul 29, 2022 9:22 AM CDT
After several collaborations with bestselling author James Patterson, Judge David Ellis of Illinois, a prolific novelist, decided to go it alone for his latest book,
Look Closer.
Jul 27, 2022 8:41 AM CDT
As America’s culture wars intensify, the post-Roe landscape is possibly an even hotter legal battlespace than any seen before. As some law firms moved to help employees with reproductive health aid, blowback was swift from politicians hostile to abortion rights, with some even threatening to disbar those firm’s lawyers.
Jul 26, 2022 11:12 AM CDT
Technology companies could face a “disparate patchwork” of laws regulating abortion information in the aftermath of the
U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning
Roe v. Wade, according to the Washington Post.
Jul 25, 2022 3:24 PM CDT
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that allows private parties to sue anyone who imports, makes, sells or distributes weapons banned for sale in California.
Jul 25, 2022 12:22 PM CDT
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan warned Thursday that it would be dangerous if the Supreme Court loses touch with public sentiment or appears to be implementing political preferences.
Jul 22, 2022 10:54 AM CDT
A Georgia abortion law expanding the definition of a “natural person” to include a fetus or an embryo is not unconstitutionally vague, a federal appeals court
ruled Wednesday.
Jul 20, 2022 4:12 PM CDT
A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by a New York lawyer who claims that she failed the bar exam on her first two tries because of disability bias by the New York State Board of Law Examiners.
Jul 20, 2022 2:05 PM CDT
A lawmaker who joined a Texas legislative caucus warning Sidley Austin about aiding illegal abortions is no longer listed as of counsel at another BigLaw firm.
Jul 20, 2022 10:20 AM CDT
Some Democrats and academics are proposing that the Biden administration place abortion clinics on land under exclusive federal control within states with laws that ban the procedure.
Jul 20, 2022 9:22 AM CDT
The Biden administration is proposing changes in regulations governing universities’ handling of sexual misconduct claims that could result in more lawsuits by accused students alleging a lack of due process.
Jul 19, 2022 3:23 PM CDT
In an amicus brief Monday, the ABA urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that the state of Alabama’s redistricting plan for its seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Jul 19, 2022 1:52 PM CDT
A little-known lawyer advised former President Donald Trump on how he could overturn the 2020 presidential election results with the help of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Jul 19, 2022 11:47 AM CDT
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh had the worst favorability rating among his colleagues in a March poll, but the numbers still “understate the vehemence of the opposition,” according to a story by Bloomberg Law.
Jul 19, 2022 9:27 AM CDT
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