Frederick Douglass believed the US would only live up to its ideals when it granted equal rights to all citizens. He thought ...

Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment In his new book Memory and Authority: The Uses of History in Constitutional Interpretation (Yale University Press, 2024), ...

Constitutional law has been a hallmark of Yale Law School for generations. While often taught with a focus on courts, a course offered this spring is providing students with a wide-angle view on the ...

After an Introduction that provides an overview of the book, The Collective-Action Constitution unfolds in three parts over eleven numbered chapters, followed by a brief Conclusion. Part I discusses ...

History professor Jonathan Gienapp criticized constitutional originalism for its insufficient understanding of the period in which the Constitution was written at his Tuesday talk, titled “History and ...

The following welcome message was shared with incoming students in Robert P. George’s Fall 2025 Constitutional Interpretation course at Princeton University. Dear Enrollees in Politics 315: ...

Originalism — which calls for interpreting the Constitution in a manner consistent with how it was meant to be understood when written — was once seen as a hard-line theory adopted by a limited number ...

The Constitution, properly interpreted, protects workers. But the Trump administration isn’t going to enforce those protections unless labor fights for them. Over the past half century, the Supreme ...

Berkeley Law has received a commitment of an initial $3.6 million to create the Thomas David and Judith Swope Clark Chair in Constitutional Law, with an estate plan for an additional significant gift.

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by ...

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the ...