Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean ...

In many areas of constitutional law, the Court allows a constitutional right to be overcome when a restriction passes "strict scrutiny"—i.e. (to oversimplify slightly), when the government can show ...

Much of the attention surrounding the Supreme Court affirmative-action cases has focused on whether respondents Harvard and the University of North Carolina discriminate against Asian-American ...

It is the most demanding form of judicial review. If it applies, Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy is probably doomed. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington Much of Tuesday’s argument over ...

A central focus of yesterday’s Supreme Court arguments on state laws protecting girls’ sports was whether “as-applied” equal protection challenges are available under intermediate scrutiny. That’s ...

A bill proposing an amendment to the Iowa Constitution has one major problem: strict scrutiny. Senate Joint Resolution 7 — which passed the Legislature on Jan. 28 and is set to appear on ballots in ...

Crooked Media, the liberal-leaning podcast and media company founded by three ex-Obama aides, is expanding its political and news content lineup with its first podcast acquisitions: “Strict Scrutiny,” ...

On August 31, 2021, Judge John Maloney of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan issued two separate opinions on motions for temporary restraining orders requesting prohibitions ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A proposed amendment to Iowa’s constitution regarding gun legislation will be on the back of the Nov. 8 ballot. The legal phrase “strict scrutiny” is crucial to ...

Strict Scrutiny is a podcast focusing on the Supreme Court of the United States and its associated legal culture. It is hosted by Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, and Kate Shaw. Litman is a professor of ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a constitutional amendment to explicitly apply strict scrutiny to gun rights, even though a recent court ruling suggests it already applies. The proposed amendment ...

The U.S. Supreme Court held, 8-1, that Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy, as applied to talk therapy by a licensed counselor, is a content- and viewpoint-based regulation of speech subject to ...