Organized by the student-run Duke Journal for Constitutional Law and Public Policy, the event was the first in over a decade ...

The 13th Annual John Paul Stevens Lecture was held in the Wittemyer Courtroom on Thursday, October 24th. The Honorable Stephen A. Higginson joined the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American ...

''Go back to zero if you have to,'' Hodges said. ''When you finish, you will know as much about constitutional law as anyone on the court.'' That was an important lesson, Hargrave said, because it ...

Launched in May 2025 by the College of Liberal Arts, under the leadership of Dean Casilde Isabelli and Executive Director Rick Trachok, the Center promotes interdisciplinary research and dialogue on ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

On Sept. 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution. Just before they did, Benjamin Franklin, 81 and too weak to speak, asked Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson ...

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. On a Depression-era dinner table sat a can of milk […] The post The footnote ...

As the nation confronts questions of judicial legitimacy, it is worth remembering that the Constitution’s framers left Congress—not the court itself—with the authority to shape the institution. The ...

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland delivered an impromptu history lesson the House floor Wednesday, correcting Rep. Dan Bishop for mistakenly saying that Thomas ...