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When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion in June, it declared that it was sending the issue back to the “people and their elected representatives.” But ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawmakers in Nevada and California are advancing legislation to remove “involuntary servitude” from their states’ constitutions, a move that follows four states’ bans on ...

Nearly a century ago, U.S. Spureme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis praised the tradition of federalism in his dissent in New State Ice v. Liebmann, which popularized the term “laboratory of democracy.

South Dakota’s constitution refers to the governor as a “he.” But for the past six years, the governor was a “she” — Kristi Noem, the first female to hold the position there. The conservative ...

Opinion Making state constitutions harder to amend: Good idea, bad timing By Adam Carrington May 17, 2023 06:00 AM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print Opinion Making state constitutions harder to ...

Thomas Jipping is a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Andrew Oliver is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage ...

PHOENIX (AP) — South Dakota’s constitution refers to the governor as a “he.” But for the past six years, the governor was a “she” — Kristi Noem, the first female to hold the position there. The ...

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