Justice Antonin Scalia created a firestorm last winter when he opined that the 14th Amendment does not protect women against discrimination on the basis of sex. The truth is that this view has been, until recently at least, a bedrock conviction of conservative originalists. In that sense then, the bigger news came at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in October when, confronted on his remarks by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Scalia backpedaled and suggested that the Equal Protection Clause did indeed protect women from state-sponsored discrimination on the basis of sex.

By JOSH GERSTEIN | 12/12/11 10:33 AM EST Updated: 12/12/11 11:56 AM EST

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a law Arizona passed last year cracking down on illegal immigration violates the Constitution by intruding on the prerogatives of the federal government.

On December 12, 2011, CAC's Chief Counsel Elizabeth Wydra appeared on Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier to discuss the significance of the Supreme Court's decision to review rulings on the constitutionality of the health care reform law and the ruling in US v.

On December 12, 2011, CAC's Chief Counsel Elizabeth Wydra appeared on Current TV's Countdown with Keith Olbermann to discuss US v.

On November 8, 2011, CAC's Chief Counsel Elizabeth Wydra appeared on NPR'sAll Things Considered to discuss the constitutionality of the health care reform law.