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Early impeachment trials dealt with familiar issues

by Scott Bomboy

What type of misbehavior rises to the level of impeachment charges and trials in Congress? The first three impeachment proceedings…

Early impeachment trials dealt with familiar issues
Could the Supreme Court rule this term on Trump tax returns fight?

by Lyle Denniston

Lawyers for President Donald J. Trump and a state prosecutor in New York have reached an agreement to put before the Supreme Court…

Could the Supreme Court rule this term on Trump tax returns fight?
Justices reopen major dispute on presidential power

by Lyle Denniston

The Supreme Court has reopened the issue of the strict limit on the power of Presidents to maintain control over some of the most…

Justices reopen major dispute on presidential power
D.C. Circuit Upholds Congressional Subpoena to Trump Accounting Firm

by Robert Black

A Friday morning ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit could prove a watershed moment in the ongoing struggle…

D.C. Circuit Upholds Congressional Subpoena to Trump Accounting Firm
The House’s role in the impeachment inquiry process

by Scott Bomboy

On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry would be made against President Donald Trump into…

The House’s role in the impeachment inquiry process
Andrew Johnson: The most-criticized president ever?

by NCC Staff

Today marks the anniversary of the passing of Andrew Johnson, perhaps the most-criticized president in American history.

Andrew Johnson: The most-criticized president ever?
Two judges ponder new orders in census controversy

by Lyle Denniston

With government lawyers under pressure from President Trump looking for a new way to justify asking everyone in America about…

Two judges ponder new orders in census controversy
It’s final: no citizenship question on 2020 census

by Lyle Denniston

In a decision that seems sure to have a significant impact on American politics over the coming decade, the Trump Administration…

It’s final: no citizenship question on 2020 census
Down-to-the-wire on the census controversy

by Lyle Denniston

Faced with the prospect that a lower court may issue a new ban on adding a citizenship question to the census, the Trump…

Down-to-the-wire on the census controversy
A crucial week begins for the 2020 census

by Lyle Denniston

With the Supreme Court apparently ready to rule this week on a historic controversy over the 2020 census, a federal trial judge on…

A crucial week begins for the 2020 census
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