The Constitution does not grant Congress authority to set voter-eligibility requirements in federal elections.

The First Amendment does not grant the right to free speech; “it’s a restriction on the government from violating the ...

No president is supposed to serve more than two full terms. That rule became part of the US Constitution in 1951, after ...

Starting this week, I once again have the privilege of teaching law students about the First Amendment, a subject in which ...

State efforts to urge the Supreme Court to reconsider same-sex marriage have not advanced, but they have reopened the issue.

In new book 'A Promised Land,' history professor Adam Jortner looks at the role of Jews - then just 0.1% of the population - ...

The First Amendment in the US protects freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition, extending these rights to immigrants and visa holders. However, these protections are not absolute, ...

Trump administration officials have claimed broad authority to revoke students' visas and begin deportation proceedings, as the case of Tufts Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk shows.

The heartland principle of First Amendment law is an unwavering prohibition on discrimination between viewpoints. Of course, the government can speak and can adopt a perspective—say, smoking kills or ...

So often the First Amendment ... Constitution consulted. Article VI directly states: “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United ...

Supreme Court opinion that revoked the right to abortion, some began thinking, “We have to prepare for the worst,” as regards ...

President Trump has periodically floated the idea of serving a third term in office since his first reelection ... line of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution states: "No person shall be ...