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Presidents Day at America’s 250th: Reflecting on Washington’s Vision for the Nation
As we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary this year, Presidents Day arrives with special resonance. What began as a commemoration of George Washington’s birthday has become a broader civic moment to reflect on the presidency and, more importantly, on the vision for the nation that Washington helped articulate at its founding.
Supreme Court tackles the question of late-arriving mail-in ballots
With mail-in voting growing in popularity, one of the questions that has arisen is the ability of election boards to count votes postmarked before Election Day…
Supreme Court to hear arguments on legality of gun bans for marijuana users
Is it against the law for someone to possess a firearm who is considered an “unlawful user” of any controlled substance, including marijuana? The exact…
The Supreme Court considers expanding gun possession guidelines
Among the major decisions expected this year from the Supreme Court is a case from Hawaii that would clarify when and where people with gun-ownership permits can…
A brief history of the annexation of foreign territories by the United States
President Donald Trump’s recent talk of potentially acquiring Greenland has sparked a new debate about questions that pre-date the Constitution: the ability of…
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