Constitution Daily Blog
Article I, Section 9
A controversial executive order leads to internment camps
On this day in 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued his most-controversial executive order, an act that sent more than…
The debate over emergency powers and the border wall
President Donald Trump’s statement that he is considering using emergency presidential powers to build a border wall has…
A guide to a potential partial federal government shutdown
As another potential government shutdown looms later this week, people are making plans about how to deal with furloughs, park…
On this day, FDR approves funding the Manhattan Project
On this day in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders Dr. Vannevar Bush to move forward with a top-secret project that led…
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Applying the Constitution to Guantánamo prisoners
On June 29, 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bush administration's use of military commissions to try suspected terrorists…
The Constitution and the federal budget process
The state of the federal budget will be a hot topic of discussion as the new Trump administration and a Republican-controlled…
Does the Constitution put limits on a president’s private business ties?
Lyle Denniston, Constitution Daily's Supreme Court correspondent, explains why the American people must rely upon Congress – no…
