The White House today issued on its website a certified copy of President Obama’s long-form birth certificate. It confirms, as is well-documented, that Obama was born in Honolulu’s Kapiolani Maternity Hospital in 1961.
The image of the certificate, made available on the White House website (PDF), appears at More…
This summer, Americans who hadn’t studied civics since eighth grade got a refresher on the 14th Amendment when several Republican senators called for its repeal. Now, that push is gaining considerable steam, but on the state level, where Republican state representatives across the country are planning to introduce More…
I noted last week that the push by some Republicans — including, now, Gov. Tim Pawlenty — to review and possibly alter the 14th Amendment to the Constitution seemed in conflict with the GOP’s website, which listed that amendment, which in part grants citizenship rights to More…
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker decided today that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, thereby striking down Proposition 8 — the California measure narrowly approved by voters in 2008 that bans same-sex marriage.
In announcing on Wednesday that it would review a case that asks whether individuals have a fundamental right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court did more than just step into a heated debate over gun control. Although McDonald v. City of Chicago is on its face More…
What is “incorporation?”
Among the many legal terms mentioned over the last four days of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings, the term “incorporation,” when it comes to the Second Amendment right to bear arms, is probably the most confusing.
Incorporation in this context refers to whether the Bill More…
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