Condemning an entire faith and singling out its followers for disfavored and unequal treatment by the government violates the Constitution, it turns out. That principle might seem obvious to anyone ...

The duty of good faith and fair dealing is so important to commercial life that it is deemed an implied term in commercial agreements. Is something similar essential to the practice of constitutional ...

Professor Matthew Segal, co-director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s State Supreme Court Initiative, is joining the political science department for a second semester as a professor of ...

The study of the Constitution is, for many, one of the most fascinating parts of law school. Understanding the Constitution and the debates that surround its interpretation is central to a wide range ...

Originalism teaches only that the Constitution’s original meaning is fixed; meanwhile, of course, new applications of that meaning will arise with new developments and new technologies. Consider a few ...

UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky co-launched “We Hold These Truths,” a project focused on public education of basic constitutional principles. Established July 4, the project was ...

A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution. By Adam Liptak Adam Liptak writes The Docket, a ...