What's New This Week

Vouchers, Prayers, and Religion in American Schools

Run time: 52 minutes

Michael Moreland and Erwin Chemerinsky discuss the outcomes of Carson v. Makin and Kennedy v. Bremerton and what it means for the First Amendment and religious liberty. Listen now

The Dobbs v. Jackson Case – Part 4

Run time: 58 minutes

Mary Ziegler and O. Carter Snead join once again to unpack the constitutional reasoning in the majority opinion and the dissent in Dobbs, and implications for the future of other unenumerated rights in America. Listen now

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The Latest at Constitution Daily Blog

Supreme Court Temporarily Finds Death Penalty Unconstitutional

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

"On June 29, 1972, the Court decided in a complicated ruling, Furman v. Georgia, that the application of the death penalty in three cases was unconstitutional. ..." Read more

With Abortion and Guns, the Supreme Court Ties the Hands of Federal Courts

by Marcia Coyle | Read time: 5 minutes

"After the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down New York’s concealed carry gun law and revoked women’s right to abortion last week, what role is left for federal courts in the Second Amendment and abortion arenas in the future? ..." Read more

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Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy

Wednesday, July 6 | 7 p.m. ET

As January 6 hearings proceed on Capitol Hill, join the National Constitution Center for the launch of the Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy team reports. The project brings together three teams of leading experts— libertarian, progressive, and conservative—to identify institutional, legal, and technological reforms that might address current threats to American democracy. Join team leaders Edward B. Foley , Sarah Isgur, and Clark Neily as they discuss their proposals. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

This program is presented as part of the National Constitution Center’s Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy initiative and made possible with support from Mike and Jackie Bezos.

Constitutional Text of the Week

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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