The Legality of Abortion Pills

Run time: 52 minutes

Abortion law scholars Rachel Rebouché and Thomas Jipping break down the dueling decisions on the legality of the abortion pill mifepristone in Texas and Washington state, and ask if mailing mifepristone violates the Comstock Act, if the FDA’s approval of the drug violated the Administrative Procedure Act, and if the district courts had jurisdiction to rule on these cases in the first place. Listen now

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10 Facts About Thomas Jefferson For His Birthday

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“On the occasion of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, we have 10 interesting facts about the versatile Founding Father. ...” Read more

Looking Back at the Day FDR Died

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 4 minutes

“On April 12, 1945, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died in Georgia. Harry Truman along with an entire nation was stunned by Roosevelt’s unexpected passing. ...” Read more

Supreme Court Case Review Featuring Caroline Fredrickson

Caroline Fredrickson, one of the legal scholars behind the National Constitution Center’s new Supreme Court Case Library, joins Chief Learning Officer Kerry Sautner to review landmark Supreme Court cases. Cases include McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), Engel v. Vitale (1962), Schenck v. United States (1919), Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), Baker v. Carr (1963), and 10 more canonical cases. Watch now

The 14th Amendment

“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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

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