Rights & Ruminations with Prof. Uddin | A. Uddin | Substack

35. The Two Meanings of Brown v. Board

And why they still shape the fight over racial justice today

11 hrs ago •

Introduction and Fundamental Rights

SIDEBAR: The Unwritten Constitution Under Attack

Why America's informal rules matter more than ever

Jul 28 •

14. The Shape-Shifting Shield

How “dignity” became constitutional law’s Swiss Army knife

Jun 22 •

13. The Cracked Foundation

How Planned Parenthood v. Casey tried to save Roe by weakening it

Jun 20 •

12. The Woman Who Wouldn’t Be Named

How Jane Roe built a house of privacy that’s been under siege ever since

Jun 18 •

11. The Ninth Amendment: A Hidden Key?

How an overlooked clause helped unlock modern constitutional rights

Jun 16 •

10. The Woman Who Opened Pandora’s Box

And why we’re still arguing about shadows sixty years later

Jun 12 •

SIDEBAR: The Supreme Court Is In Uncharted Territory

Previous administrations may not have liked court rulings, but there was never a question about whether they would comply

Jun 10 •

9. The Road to Privacy

How a German teacher, a nun, a “feeble-minded” girl, and a chicken thief laid the groundwork for a right the Constitution never named

Jun 9 •

Modern Substantive Due Process

33. Reviving a Lost Clause

The right to travel and the forgotten promise of the 14th Amendment

Aug 13 •

29. Why Obergefell Doesn’t Lead to Polygamy

—and why that matters for constitutional debate

Aug 4 •

28. After the Wedding Cake

What comes next for the Obergefell principle

Jul 30 •

27. When Liberty and Equality Meet at the Altar

The constitutional architecture of Obergefell v. Hodges

Jul 28 •

26. The Tiered World of Equal Protection

On sexual orientation and suspect classifications

Jul 25 •

25. Two Faces of Dignity

Lawrence, Windsor, and the constitutional self

Jul 23 •

24. What If DOMA Had Been About Something Other Than Marriage?

Why Windsor’s reasoning might not have worked in a different legal context

Jul 21 •

23. The Case That Split the Middle

Windsor and the Court’s compromise on marriage equality

Jul 18 •

Equal Protection: Race

35. The Two Meanings of Brown v. Board

And why they still shape the fight over racial justice today

11 hrs ago •

34. When the Law Looked Away

Race, segregation, and the Fourteenth Amendment’s broken promise

Aug 15 •

32. Crisis, Coercion, and Constitutional Meaning

What the Fourteenth Amendment tells us about today’s battles

Aug 11 •

31. What Happens to a Clause Deferred?

Duress, citizenship, and the return of a forgotten clause

Aug 8 •

30. What If the Court Had Ruled Differently?

The lost power of the 14th Amendment

Aug 6 •

Equal Protection: Other Classifications

SIDEBAR: TikToks, Tradwives, and a Constitution That Doesn’t Say Women Are Equal

Do we still need the Equal Rights Amendment?

Aug 7 •

Religion Clauses: Free Exercise & Establishment

SIDEBAR: The double helix of dignity

Liberty, equality, and the future of religious freedom

Jul 10 •

SIDEBAR: From Muhammad to Mahmoud

What a religious image can teach us about constitutional boundaries

Jul 7 •

SIDEBAR: When Inclusion Isn’t Instruction

The next hard question after Mahmoud v. Taylor

Jun 30 •

SIDEBAR: The Disappearing Middle

Mahmoud v. Taylor and the quiet collapse of pluralism

Jun 27 •

SIDEBAR: Will the First Amendment Work Both Ways?

What Mahmoud v. Taylor Could Mean for Culture War Opt-Outs

Jun 13 •

SIDEBAR: How the St. Isidore Stalemate Let the Education Wars Drift On

The Supreme Court has avoided a hard decision, but only for now

May 26 •

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