Constitutional Law

The Supreme Court is expected to get a chance to take a second look at a landmark 2007 decision that paved the way for federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, power plants, and other sources.

Jill Lepore’s new book, a history of the U.S. Constitution, explores the consequences of its effective unamendability

Josh McDaniel of Harvard Law’s Religious Freedom Clinic argues that religious plaintiffs help secure secular rights.

Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos explains the national laws at stake in the Texas gerrymandering dispute.

Harvard Law Professor William Rubenstein explains why class action lawsuits may replace universal injunctions as the hot legal tool for challenging federal policy.

Richard Re, a leading expert on constitutional law, federal courts, and criminal procedure, joined the Harvard Law faculty as a professor of law on July 1.

David H. Souter ’66,, who had served on the Supreme Court for more than 19 years until his retirement in 2009, died May 8

Former solicitors general recall what it’s like representing the U.S. government amid shifts on the SCOTUS bench.

At Harvard Law’s 2025 Scalia Lecture, Judge Rachel Kovner argues that ‘purposivism is not dead, and it coexists with textualism on the Supreme Court today.’

Kirby West, a 2024 Wasserstein Fellow, is passionate about defending Americans from what she sees as government overreach

Sociologist and 
legal expert 
Dorothy E. 
Roberts ’80 
works for radical 
change and a 
more just society

As the U.S. Supreme Court embraces federalism, are state supreme courts becoming the new power centers?

Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer ’64 explains his dissent in a case involving cheerleading uniforms.

Legal scholars debate the unitary executive theory and the limits of presidential authority at Harvard Law School’s Rappaport Forum.

Four Harvard Law School experts examine the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape executive power.

A daylong Indian Law symposium, organized by Harvard's Native American Law Students Association, explored indigenous issues across the legal landscape.

The U.S. is probably not in a constitutional crisis — at least, not yet, according to a group of experts discussing the matter at a recent Harvard Law School event.

The American Journal of Law and Equality, founded by Martha Minow, Randall Kennedy and Cass Sunstein, launches the fourth issue with symposia on Brown and SFFA.