Monday -- the last day of the Court’s Term -- is shaping up to be First Amendment Day at the Supreme Court.  Two of the four remaining cases to be decided raise important questions concerning the meaning of the First Amendment. 

In a blow to group claims of gender discrimination and class actions more generally, the Supreme Court has rejected a class-action lawsuit brought by female employees of Wal-Mart who claim they suffered discriminatory pay and promotion practices resulting from the company's alleged corporate culture of discrimination. The massive lawsuit could have involved up to 1.6 million women, with Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, facing potentially billions of dollars in damages.

The first thing President Obama might discover during his visit is that if he moved to Puerto Rico, he would no longer be able to vote for himself.  Although Puerto Rico is part of the United States and home to almost 4 million U.S. citizens -- thousands who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, can vote for the Commander-in-Chief.  Like the residents of Obama’s current home city of D.C., they are also denied voting representation in both the House and Senate.

When a federal appeals court in Atlanta hears arguments tomorrow in the constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act brought by 26 states, the only advocate for the states to stand before the judges will argue against the Act.  But that doesn’t mean that the states are “united” against the Act in this lawsuit, as the challengers’ lawyer, former George W.