The holiday season is chockful of some strange laws, so if you don’t want to be spending your gift money on fines or your cookie-baking time in jail, you might want to pay attention to the following rules that govern the holiday season.
Criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices has grown from both the public and Congress. On Monday, the Supreme Court announced the first-ever code of conduct governing the ethical behavior of its nine justices.
In this post, we’ll be diving into the history and principles of three theories of constitutional interpretation—originalism, legal realism, and living constitutionalism—and analyzing how these different theories have been put into practice in rulings of the Court.
Dred Scott v. Sandford, a Supreme Court decision made in 1857, is largely regarded as one of the most infamous decisions in the Supreme Court’s history. This case determined that people of Black African descent were not entitled to U.S. citizenship.
On May 5, 1925, Tennessee high school teacher John Scopes was charged with the crime of teaching his students about the science of human evolution. The Scopes Monkey Trial, as it came to be known, was a national spectacle, and continues to influence First Amendment interpretation today.
The wildfires that ravaged the Hawai‘ian island of Maui and completely destroyed the city of Lahaina last month have rekindled conversations about the controversial history of how Hawai‘i came to be an American state in the first place.
Millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet, working multiple jobs to make up for the fact that the federal minimum wage has not kept up with the rate of inflation. However, it hasn’t always been difficult to live off of a minimum wage job.
The United States has a dark history regarding its immigration policies. One example of these laws was the Chinese Exclusion Act, which restricted immigration from China for decades after its passage in 1882.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court recently ruled against the Navajo Nation in the tribe’s request for the federal government to assess and meet their needs for water.
There were five critical issues that were being argued in the Supreme Court during the 2022-2023 term. The Court has issued major decisions that have sparked a flurry of media attention and ignited discussions surrounding the upcoming election.
