Constitutional Law

Allowing marriage to become the subject of a popular opinion poll, as has taken place in this country, disturbs the very principles upon which this nation was founded.

My waking nightmare was prompted by House Minority Leader John Boehner's appearance on the PBS NewsHour Thursday night. Why is he speaking so positively of "rebellion"?

If Raymond Clark III was in fact taken away in handcuffs and compelled to go to the police station in connection with the Yale murder case, he was arrested. But in order to be arrested, there must be probable cause.

Mandating that physicians aid in dying should be a last resort. Montana should explore other, less-invasive means of ensuring that all citizens are guaranteed their constitutional right to die.

I have no hesitation in asserting that Judge Bybee should be subjected to impeachment proceedings, and that Bybee, Yoo, Addington et al. should face disbarment proceedings.

Reid expressed willingness to negotiate. But when he and Burris meet, it is Burris who will be in the stronger position, Reid who must yield lest his illicitness become too apparent to the public.

The citizenship test asks people things like, "Why do some states have more representatives in Congress?" I find it difficult to believe that this is a harmful thing for citizens to know.

Obama understands that we live in a complicated, nuanced world, one in which cowboy-style "straight talk" does little but earn us dismissive laughs from friends and enemies overseas.

A reasonably evenhanded biography of Barack Obama, published last year, describes him as "an exceptionally gifted politician who, throughout his ...

We are supposed to be a nation of respect for our constitutional framework. Just as we should not abandon our disdain for torture, we should not abandon the constitutional right to habeas corpus.