Your Daily Constitutional

If you call 911 and ask for help, it will come quickly ... you hope. But what happens if you curse during the call?

Is the United States Senate racist?

Many people believe that human life begins at conception. If that's true, do fetuses have a right to a court-appointed lawyer?

When an actress gets kicked off a soap opera, can she sue to get reinstated?

Judges dismiss traffic tickets every day. But recently a judge in Florida dismissed 24,000 of them -- all at once.

You give up a lot when you become a judge. You give up your social contacts to a great extent; you even give up your privacy. But do you have to give up being a Boy Scout?

The Constitution protects our religious freedom. But does it protect a right to wear a hat or hijab in a booking photo?

Wouldn't it be cool if you had an app for your phone that would tell you if there were a speed trap up ahead? Well there are, in fact, several apps for that, and -- surprise! -- the cops don't like 'em.

The Constitution protects our right to privacy. But does that mean we have the right to keep our license plates private?

Generally speaking, lawmakers are immune from arrest when they are going to and from legislative sessions. But does that immunity include a DUI?

The free expression protected by the First Amendment includes our choices in clothing. But does that include the freedom to go without clothing?

No parent likes to get a critical letter from his child's teacher. But what if that letter is criticizing the parent?

When the government takes your property, the Fifth amendment says the government has to pay your for it. Does that apply to raisins?

It's against the law for a business owner in California to discriminate against certain customers. But can a bakery owner refuse to write anti-gay slurs on a cake?

By and large, a woman has a right to terminate pregnancy before the fetus is viable. But can a state force such women to listen to detailed descriptions of the fetus and the procedures to be used before she can get her abortion?

What do you if you're the governor of a state that has recently banned the death penalty -- but you still have people in your state on death row?

The road to gay marriage has been rocky and uneven. But what do you do about marriages that have been performed between gay marriage bans?

A lot of gun rights supporters also support what they call "states' rights." But what about "cities' rights?" Or "local governments' rights?"

If you want to home school your kids for religious reasons, you have that right. But can the local school system nonetheless require your child to testify as to the doctrines and sincerity of their religious beliefs?

We talk about the Constitution every day, and it's taught in our schools every day (we hope). But should the Second Amendment, specifically, be taught in our schools?