Faithless Electors
National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen discussed the electoral college and explained what…
National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen discussed the electoral college and explained what…
Dr. Joel Zinberg, a medical doctor and senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discussed…
This lesson looks at the contested 2000 election and the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case. Students will…
Lawyer and health policy expert Katie Keith of Georgetown University explain the basics of California v.…
The Supreme Court has the power to interpret the Constitution. Its rulings on cases determine the…
Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr previewed the 2020-2021 Supreme Court term. He spoke about…
Paul Smith, vice president of the Campaign Legal Center, discussed ways that the Supreme Court could…
Georgetown University Law Center previewed the 2020-21 Supreme Court term. Donald Verrilli, former…
During a preview of the 2020-2021 Supreme Court term hosted by Georgetown University Law Center, Nicole…
During a preview of the 2020-2021, Paul Clement, former Solicitor General in the George W. Bush…
Georgetown University Law Center held a preview discussion on the 2020-2021 Supreme Court term. Roman…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer explained how the Supreme Court has shifted to remote work and…
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,…
The Supreme Court has the power to interpret the Constitution. Its rulings on cases determine the…
In this lesson, students will learn about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. This clip was a…
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) the Supreme Court infamously ruled it was within constitutional boundaries…
The Supreme Court has the power to interpret the Constitution. Its rulings on cases determine the…
The Judicial Branch’s powers are outlined in Article III of the United States Constitution. Article…
This Bell Ringer can be used after students have been introduced to the government’s system of checks…
Institute for Justice attorney Sam Gedge discussed the Supreme Court’s recent Timbs v. Indiana…
Wall Street Journal Supreme Court Correspondent Jess Bravin explained the previous day's Supreme Court…
On July 6, 2020, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled to allow states to impose penalties on electors who…
In the case June Medical Services v. Russo, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision to strike down a…
Yale University law Professor Justin Driver talked about the 1956 “Southern Manifesto,” a document…
A day after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to protect LGBTQ workers from discrimination in the workplace,…
David Kopel, law professor at University of Denver and Paul Smith, vice president of the Campaign Legal…
Washington Post Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes discussed the Supreme Court cases that would be…
Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center talked about how the Supreme Court is allowing the…
This is intended as an end-of-course review activity for practice with the argumentative essay format…
Jay Schweikert talked about the use of “stop and frisk” and the legality of the practice based on…
Sarah Binder, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution talked about Congress' power to check the…
With a vote of 228-187, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act,…
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) spoke to…
The Supreme Court has the power to interpret the Constitution. Its rulings on cases determine the…
SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein talks about the upcoming case June Medical Services v. Gee, which…
Former law clerk Carrie Severino talks about the case Kahler v. Kansas. The case deals with the insanity…
SCOTUSblog co-founder Amy Howe talks about Kelly v. United States ahead of the Supreme Court's 2019-2020…
SCOTUSblog co-founder Amy Howe talks about Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, set to be argued…
Washington Post Supreme Court Reporter Robert Barnes provided a preview of the notable cases and issues…
Stanford University law professor Pamela Karlan discusses three cases (Altitude Express v. Zarda,…
George Washington University Law Professor Robert Cottrol discussed the upcoming 2019-2020 Supreme Court…
This lesson looks at the history of voting discrimination, the protections provided by the Voting Rights…
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch discussed his views on the originalist interpretation of the…
The D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago Supreme Court cases addressed issues relating to an…
Fordham Law School Professor Nicholas Johnson talked about the D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago…
Attorney Erin Murphy explained the Supreme Court Case McDonald v. Chicago (2010) and its ruling. She…
Students will examine the historical context of the Supreme Court Case Tinker v. Des Moines. They will…
In this lesson students will view a series of video clips that examine six major Supreme Court cases…
This bellringer focuses on the Supreme Court case Bob Jones University versus The United States, in…
National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen talked about the subpoena power involved in congressional…
The Supreme Court decided to hear a case in the 2019-2020 term dealing with President Trump's decision…
SCOTUS Blog Co-Founder Amy Howe spoke to C-SPAN about the court’s ruling on partisan gerrymandering in…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke against the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020…
National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen talked about the idea of executive privilege and the…
A brief overview of the Supreme Court case, Commerce Dept. v. New York, which challenges the Trump…
In 1963, based on a handwritten petition from an indigent Florida prisoner, the Supreme Court decided…
The 1961 Supreme Court case of Mapp v. Ohio originated when police officers demanded entry into the home…
Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discussed the Supreme Court Case Flower v. Mississippi which…
This lesson provides students with an opportunity to review the facts and holdings of, and connections…
Deliberations over the role of religion in public life are as old as the United States itself - and, of…
Institute for Justice attorney Sam Gedge discussed the Supreme Court’s recent Timbs v. Indiana…
Offensive content that appears in television or radio broadcasts can be regulated by the Federal…
Obscene content falls in the category of speech unprotected by First Amendment guarantees. Over the 20th…
While speech enjoys broad First Amendment protections in the United States, it is not an unlimited…
While free speech, assembly, and petition are protected under the First Amendment, the Supreme Court has…
Symbolic speech, defined as expression by conduct rather than words, has come before the United States…
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Congress shall make no…
The First Amendment guarantees that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech."…
In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette case…
In 2010, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission…
Former Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) discussed the impact that the Citizens United v. FEC has had on…
The First Amendment begins "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."…
Poll taxes, along with literacy tests and grandfather clauses, were structural barriers to voting…
Grandfather Clauses were a structural barrier to voting imposed by several states during the Jim Crow…
The Supreme Court has the power to interpret the Constitution. Its rulings on cases determine the…
At an event at University of Minnesota Law School, Chief Justice John Roberts responded to an audience…
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution begins "The Congress shall have Power To" and goes on to…
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discussed the legal precedent commonly referred to…
Speaking to a crowd in Boca Raton, Florida, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spoke…
Emory University Professor Carol Anderson chronicled the events leading up to the 2013 Supreme Court…
In response to a question from Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh discussed…
Article IV, Section. 1 of the United States Constitution provides that "Full Faith and Credit shall be…
Justices ask questions of attorneys regarding key issues in the US Supreme Court case Obergefell v.…
Carpenter v. United States (2018) has changed the way law enforcement may access cellular data records…
The Advanced Placement College Board requires students to compare a nonrequired Supreme Court case with…
The Advanced Placement College Board requires students to compare required Supreme Court cases with…
This lesson addresses the Advanced Placement American Government and Politics essential Supreme Court…
Mark Janus, lead plaintiff in the AFSCME vs. Janus Supreme Court case, and his attorney Jacob Huebert…
Stephen Mittons, a member of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)…
Ted Hesson, immigration reporter for Politico, talked about the Supreme Court’s decision on June 27,…
Lawrence Hurley, Supreme Court correspondent at Thomson Reuters, explained the unanimous decision that…
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Masterpiece Cakeshop in the Supreme Court…
In several Supreme Court Cases, the rights of individuals have been applied to corporations. In cases…
UCLA law professor Adam Winkler talked about the Constitutional rights of corporations. He discussed the…
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke was a controversial case challenging the legal…
Neal Katyal and Randy Barnett talked about the legacy of this case.
Oral arguments for each side in the case are presented and discussed.
Information about the parties that were involved in this case is presented.
Neal Katyal and Randy Barnett talked about the meaning of affirmative action as well as the impact of…
Neal Katyal and Randy Barnett talk about affirmative action and how it relates to this case.