National Constitution Center Blog Entry

National Constitution Center Blog Entry

A federal district judge in Miami, Florida, has issued a preliminary injunction against Florida International University’s decision to discipline a group of students who wore anti-ICE T-shirts and stood in protest at an indoor event at the school.

National Constitution Center Blog Entry

An appeal over a Texas state law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms is heading to the Supreme Court after a federal court upheld the law in April 2026.

National Constitution Center Blog Entry

National Constitution Center Blog Entry

National Constitution Center Blog Entry

National Constitution Center Blog Entry

On Monday, the Supreme Court accepted a petition from Alaska involving an alleged six-pack of beer, an airplane, and the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause.

National Constitution Center Blog Entry

National Constitution Center Blog Entry

National Constitution Center Blog Entry

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National Constitution Center Blog Entry

On Tuesday, a divided Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship and offered a broad constitutional understanding of the right to automatic citizenship for children born in the territory of the United States regardless of their nationality.

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In his time, Patrick Henry achieved great fame for his skills as an orator and for his advocacy for independence from Great Britain. However, Henry’s constitutional legacy is complicated, and Henry was often in conflict with some Founders while respected by others.

In two major immigration rulings on Thursday, a divided Supreme Court allowed the Department of Homeland Security to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrian and Haitian immigrants. It also ruled that refugees from Mexico need to be within the United States’ physical border to make an asylum claim instead of an adjacent border location in Mexico.

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law in Hawaii that prohibited a person with a concealed carry permit from bringing a handgun onto private property open to the public without the property owner’s consent.