“The event to be celebrated is one of the most memorable in the world’s history. It is no light thing to lift into the body politic four million people heretofore as a class, robbed of the products of ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the ratification of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history. Signed after the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, ...

Justice, Democracy, and Law is a recurring series by Edward B. Foley that focuses on election law and the relationship of law and democracy. In her book, Barrett makes a cogent case for originalism as ...

Today, Maryland is one of the most liberal states in the Union. So, it’s hard to imagine that our state once refused to ratify the 15th and 19th Amendments. The Maryland legislature did not ratify the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - October 8, 1869: The Virginia General Assembly ratified the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was a requirement for the state to readmitted to the Union. The ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...