December 17, 2014, is the day that the longest sea chase in history began. It started in the Shadowlands—a place that isn't actually a place. The name was coined by Peter Hammarstedt, the Swedish-American captain of the Bob Barker, a boat committed to stopping modern-day … [Read more...]
Forming A More Perfect Union
This essay, by Shivani Saini, was submitted in response to our July 2016 prompt, "What amendments do you think we should add to the Constitution?" “We the People of the United States,” in order to better our country and support humanitarian efforts in the nation, should … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: Lord of the Flies
We've talked a lot about constitutional law in this month's issue, focusing especially on what the Supreme Court does. But there's another important question to ask: what does a society without a constitution look like? … [Read more...]
Technology and the Fourth Amendment
The best way to learn what constitutional lawyers do is to read their arguments about particular court cases. … [Read more...]
The Ever-Changing Constitution
In 1787, fifty-five men gathered in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention. The United States had declared its independence from Great Britain eleven short years earlier. The Revolutionary War had only been over for four years, and there were still only thirteen … [Read more...]