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Article I, Section 9

A controversial executive order leads to internment camps

by NCC Staff

On this day in 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued his most-controversial executive order, an act that sent more than…

A controversial executive order leads to internment camps
The debate over emergency powers and the border wall

by Scott Bomboy

President Donald Trump’s statement that he is considering using emergency presidential powers to build a border wall has…

The debate over emergency powers and the border wall
A guide to a potential partial federal government shutdown

by Scott Bomboy

As another potential government shutdown looms later this week, people are making plans about how to deal with furloughs, park…

A guide to a potential partial federal government shutdown
On this day, FDR approves funding the Manhattan Project

by NCC Staff

On this day in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders Dr. Vannevar Bush to move forward with a top-secret project that led…

On this day, FDR approves funding the Manhattan Project
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Applying the Constitution to Guantánamo prisoners

by NCC Staff

On June 29, 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bush administration's use of military commissions to try suspected terrorists…

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Applying the Constitution to Guantánamo prisoners
The Constitution and the federal budget process

by NCC Staff

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? 

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, Constitution Daily's Supreme Court correspondent, explains why the American people must rely upon Congress – no…

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