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Battle for the Constitution: Week of Jan. 20, 2020 Roundup
Get a round-up of the latest from the “Battle for the Constitution:” a special project on the constitutional debates in…
Pettifogging: An obscure word gets its day in the Senate
In the first day of the Senate Impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, Chief Justice John Roberts made a reference to an…
How the 20th Amendment made lame-duck sessions less lame
One of the most important, but least discussed, constitutional amendments made government more responsive by greatly shorting the…
The Chief, the Senate, and the Trial
Just before the Senate began the third presidential impeachment trial in American history, Ken Starr and Joan Biskupic previewed…
The next steps in the Senate impeachment trial process
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives formally delivered two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump to the…
Who is the Senate Parliamentarian and what does she do?
The impending Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump could see an important figure in the national spotlight who is…
Soleimani airstrike raises legal, constitutional questions
Late last Thursday night, the Department of Defense announced that it had killed Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike on Baghdad…
To Try an Impeachment, Part I: The Basics
Now that the House of Representatives has impeached President Donald J. Trump for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors,…
Appeals court puts Obamacare’s fate deeper in doubt
The long-running dispute over the constitutionality of the massive federal health insurance law – the Affordable Care Act, or…
House votes to impeach President Trump; what happens next?
The House of Representatives adopted two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening, setting in…
