There are 4 article(s) tagged U.S. Constitution:

• February 2025

  • TN lawmakers file bill challenging immigrants’ access to public education

    The legislation would directly challenge a more than 40-year-old precedent that ensures all children access to a free public education regardless of immigration status.

    By Benjamin Smith February 05, 2025

• December 2024

  • DOJ finds MPD discriminates against Black residents, violates civil rights

    The U.S. Department of Justice alleges the Memphis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the U.S. Constitution.

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    ‘A rush to judgment’: Memphis won’t enter agreement with DOJ

    By Samuel Hardiman, Laura Testino December 05, 2024

• July 2020

  • Opinion: I never kneel when Old Glory goes by

    I respect the views of the kneelers. They have the right to kneel in protest before Old Glory. Millions of American military personnel have bled and died so that they would have those rights. If the kneelers would find another way to protest, I might join them.

    By Bill Bouknight July 29, 2020

• September 2019

  • Nelson: Enact the ERA and abolish the electoral college? Sure. But do it the right way

    Once you start ignoring the Constitution in order to achieve some immediate political goal, you are placing it in jeopardy. The right way to make changes is to follow the rules of the amendment process spelled out in Article V of the document, which has already happened 27 times in our history.

    By Michael Nelson September 17, 2019