Constitutional Rights

155 Years After Abolition, Slavery Is Still Legal in the United States—Democratic Lawmakers Are Trying to Fix That
Forced prison labor—which is legal under the 13th Amendment—is prevalent throughout the United States. (Photo: Mark Peterson/Corbis/Getty Images)
'Unprecedented Abuse of Emergency Powers': Free Speech Advocates Denounce Trump Effort to Ban TikTok, WeChat Apps
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The move, says one advocate, is "shortsighted, ridiculous, and likely unconstitutional."
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Demanding 'Full Accountability,' Lawmakers Call for Probe Into Claims ICE Gave Muslim Detainees a Choice: Spoiled Food or Pork
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"This is the latest betrayal of religious liberty by Trump and a reminder of...
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Prohibited From Holding Police Officer to Account, Federal Judge Calls on Supreme Court to Overturn 'Qualified Immunity'
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Those who violate the constitutional rights of our citizens must be held...
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Civil Rights Groups Sue NC City Over Law That 'Effectively Bans Any Protest'
300+ Law Professors Agree: Congress Should 'Pass a Bill Tomorrow' to End Qualified Immunity for Police
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 23, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Citing 'Utter Inability to Discharge Duties of His Office,' MoveOn Demands Trump Removal Under 25th Amendment
'A Truly Historic Moment': 50 Years After Congress Passed ERA, Amendment Meets Constitutional Threshold With Virginia's Approval
Democratic Victory in Virginia Paves Way for Final Approval of Equal Rights Amendment
John Yoo, Infamous Bush-Era Author of Torture Memos, Dunked on for Claiming US Founders Would Oppose Trump Impeachment
'Chilling': Mississippi City Claims Undocumented Man Killed by Police Had No Constitutional Rights
Legal Experts Aghast as 'Bloodythirsty' Right-Wing Supreme Court Sanctions Torturous Executions
U.S. President Donald Trump gets into an exchange with CNN reporter Jim Acosta during a news conference a day after the midterm elections on November 7, 2018 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Republicans kept the Senate majority but lost control of the House to the Democrats.
"Clear Attack on the First Amendment": Authoritarian Trump Denounced for Stripping Press Credentials From CNN's Jim Acosta
A Blatant Lie and 'Obvious Stunt': Trump Claims He Can End 14th Amendment's Citizenship Guarantee Protections by Presidential Fiat
As Civil Disobedience Dominates Kavanaugh Hearing, Trump Says "It's Embarrassing for Country to Allow Protesters"
A Guantanamo protest
At Historic Habeas Corpus Hearing, Guantanamo's 'Dangerous Experiment in Indefinite Detention' Challenged

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