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  • 523 - Marriage and the Fourteenth Amendment

    523 - Marriage and the Fourteenth Amendment
    2026/05/18
    In 2015 the Supreme Court decided in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, that the Fourteenth Amendment protected the right for homosexuals to get marriage. In 2026 the State of Tennessee is working on legislation that points out that private groups are organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore by Obergefell.
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    11 分
  • 522 - Free Speech in Colorado

    522 - Free Speech in Colorado
    2026/05/11
    In the recent case Chiles v. Salazar, the Supreme Court was asked if Colorado's "Conversion Therapy" law violated the Ms. Chiles right to free speech. As is so often the case, the court agreed that the law violated Ms. Chiles free speech rights, just for the wrong reasons.
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    17 分
  • 521 - Freedom's Extinction

    521 - Freedom's Extinction
    2026/05/04
    Ronald Reagan once said that "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." Is this the generation when that finally happens? You may think I'm being hyperbolic, but I think the evidence supports the possibility that this is true.
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    19 分
  • 520 - Birthright Citizenship at Oral Arguments

    520 - Birthright Citizenship at Oral Arguments
    2026/04/27
    Does anyone who is born on our land automatically receive citizenship? Not according to the Fourteenth Amendment, but that hasn't stopped the courts from messing this up. Which is exactly what I expect from the Supreme Court in the case Trump v. Barbara.
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    25 分
  • 519 - Defining Election Day

    519 - Defining Election Day
    2026/04/20
    Congress gets to set Election Day, at least for federal offices. But is Election Day defined as the day the votes are cast, or the day they are counted? That is the question in the case Watson v. RNC.
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    28 分
  • 518 - Legalized Theft

    518 - Legalized Theft
    2026/04/13
    You've probably heard of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. But does the Constitution allow a county to take and sell someones land to make a profit? That is the main question in the case Pung v Isabella County.
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    26 分
  • 517 - Parent's Rights in California

    517 - Parent's Rights in California
    2026/04/06
    California has been violating parent's rights for years. While a recent Supreme Court case has been hailed as a win for the good guys, it is just a small step restoring the role of parents in the lives of their children.
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    19 分
  • 516 - Suing the US Postal Service

    516 - Suing the US Postal Service
    2026/03/30
    Lebene Konan sued the Euless, Texas post office for what she claimed were there intentional failure to deliver mail to rental property she owned. The Supreme Court just said she didn't have the right to sue.
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    12 分