Constitutional Rights

The Seventh Circuit ruled against those who challenged a bubble zone law in March 2024, finding precedent barred the appeal.

The nonprofits argue the orders violate federal law and interfere with their ability to provide services to the public.

Steve Wynn sued The Associated Press for publishing a report accusing him of rape that later turned out to be false.

A New York development company is fighting a local agency’s decision to give its property to a business competitor.

The office will be run by Trump’s longtime spiritual adviser.

The Constitution does not cover gun parts like a suppressor, a court concluded.

Defendants failed to show constitutional violations, an appeals court said.

Critics of the rule argue that the diversity requirement violates the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment.

President Joe Biden’s declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment is ’the law of the land' has met with resistance.

U.S. Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan said in a new opinion that the Second Amendment applies to all adults, not just those 21 and older.

The Fifth Circuit upheld the state law last year.

TikTok Inc. and President-elect Donald Trump are asking the nation’s highest court to prevent the law from taking effect.

A local law in Illinois forbids approaching women outside clinics to advise of abortion alternatives.

A court has overturned a felon-in-possession ban for Bryan Range, ruling that a food-stamp fraud conviction doesn’t justify Second Amendment right restrictions.

The amendment, which provides protections on the basis of gender preference, exists in a legal gray area and would be extensively litigated.

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the charity’s activities were not of a sufficiently religious character to justify tax exemption.

Three justices criticized the Hawaii Supreme Court ruling allowing the defendant to be prosecuted.

Two justices dissented, saying the high court’s ruling contradicts its decision last year striking down affirmative action in college admissions.

The bill would begin the constitutional amendment process, which requires supermajority support in Congress and three quarters of the states for ratification.

A Maryland-based judge found that ‘a racially diverse officer corps is a national security interest.’