Putting on a pair of glasses should not be enough to identify a stranger, pull up their home address, and turn a chance encounter into a data profile. But in 2024, two Harvard students did exactly that. Using Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, the facia...
Picture this: You are freshly 16 years old, zooming down the New Jersey Turnpike with music blasting at 2 AM, hitting 103 miles per hour like it is nothing. The feeling is nipped by the glare of flashing blue lights. Panic does not set in, however, b...
President Donald Trump’s relationship with women is contentious at best. With a history of inflammatory comments and sexual assault allegations, he is far from a model feminist. Yet his second term featured a cabinet that was one-third female, a re...
In my last article, Historical Seriousness and the Bill of Rights pt. 2, I explained the problem of selective historical reliance with a focus on Citizens United v. FEC. Here, I wish to finish that analysis. As mentioned before, Justice Stevens prese...
In my last article, Historical Seriousness and the Bill of Rights pt. 2, I explained the problem of selective historical reliance with a focus on Citizens United v. FEC. Here, I wish to finish that analysis. As mentioned before, Justice Stevens prese...
We interrupt your regularly scheduled “Lena Rants About Something” Wednesday column to bring you important news—in a few hours, the Supreme Court will be hearing arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case dealing with affirma...
We interrupt your regularly scheduled “Lena Rants About Something” Wednesday column to bring you important news—in a few hours, the Supreme Court will be hearing arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case dealing with affirma...
Mitt Romney emerged from last week’s debate the undisputed champion and the owner of a substantial bounce in the polls, but he was almost upstaged by an eight-foot tall bird. Romney pledged – while professing his love for Big Bird and debate mode...
Mitt Romney emerged from last week’s debate the undisputed champion and the owner of a substantial bounce in the polls, but he was almost upstaged by an eight-foot tall bird. Romney pledged – while professing his love for Big Bird and debate mode...
As Hans von Spakovsky explains very well in the SCOTUSblog article “Online VRA symposium: The constitutionality of Section 5 comes to the Supremes again,” it’s high past time for the Supreme Court to review Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,...
As Hans von Spakovsky explains very well in the SCOTUSblog article “Online VRA symposium: The constitutionality of Section 5 comes to the Supremes again,” it’s high past time for the Supreme Court to review Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,...
Last Wednesday, the New York Times ran an opinion article by Theresa Brown entitled “The Human Cost of the Second Amendment.” In her piece, Brown offers an oft-overlooked viewpoint on the gun control/Second Amendment (the right to bear arms) argu...
Last Wednesday, the New York Times ran an opinion article by Theresa Brown entitled “The Human Cost of the Second Amendment.” In her piece, Brown offers an oft-overlooked viewpoint on the gun control/Second Amendment (the right to bear arms) argu...
If these voting laws aren’t overturned, polling places could be much emptier than this one in November’s election. Image courtesy of “Muffet/calliope” on Flickr. Two weeks ago, NPR aired a feature on its program “All Things ...
If these voting laws aren’t overturned, polling places could be much emptier than this one in November’s election. Image courtesy of “Muffet/calliope” on Flickr. Two weeks ago, NPR aired a feature on its program “All Things ...
In SCOTUSblog’s recent article, “Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia’s constitutional case for gay marriage,” author Dale Carpenter argues that Scalia’s dissent in Lawrence v. Thomas (2003) will actually help the Court decide in f...
In SCOTUSblog’s recent article, “Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia’s constitutional case for gay marriage,” author Dale Carpenter argues that Scalia’s dissent in Lawrence v. Thomas (2003) will actually help the Court decide in f...
Many Americans’ first exposure to Chief Justice John Roberts was in January 2009 when he made a mistake reading the Oath of Office to President Obama at the inauguration ceremony. Before then, he was a somewhat “under-the-radar” member of the C...
Many Americans’ first exposure to Chief Justice John Roberts was in January 2009 when he made a mistake reading the Oath of Office to President Obama at the inauguration ceremony. Before then, he was a somewhat “under-the-radar” member of the C...
As Constitution Daily announced eight months ago, 2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Constitution, which was signed into law on September 17, 1787. This landmark year may not seem all that impressive when one considers, for a momen...
As Constitution Daily announced eight months ago, 2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Constitution, which was signed into law on September 17, 1787. This landmark year may not seem all that impressive when one considers, for a momen...