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Senators should serve for life, and other election ideas from the Founders

by Scott Bomboy

Today, Americans will vote in elections around the country. But did you know if alternative ideas from the Founders were used…

Senators should serve for life, and other election ideas from the Founders
Can a Senator serve in Congress after a conviction in court?

by Scott Bomboy

As the Robert Menendez trial winds down, the New Jersey congressional caucus faces an odd scenario if the Senator is convicted of…

Can a Senator serve in Congress after a conviction in court?
Can the Cabinet “remove” a President using the 25th amendment?

by Scott Bomboy

In a new Vanity Fair article, the magazine claims former White House adviser Steve Bannon warned President Donald Trump that his…

Can the Cabinet “remove” a President using the 25th amendment?
The constitutional clause at issue in the Menendez trial

by Ugonna Eze

The criminal trial of Senator Bob Menendez is well underway, raising a number of important constitutional questions on democratic…

The constitutional clause at issue in the Menendez trial
This week in Supreme Court history: New limits on the spending power

by Symone Mazzotta

On June 23, 1987, the Supreme Court upheld the ability of the federal government to impose conditions on money received by the…

This week in Supreme Court history: New limits on the spending power
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
Democratic lawmakers sue President over business ties

by Lyle Denniston

Seeking to shore up Congress’s power to block President Trump from gaining benefits from his business empire, nearly 200…

Democratic lawmakers sue President over business ties
What the Founders thought about impeachment and the President

by Scott Bomboy

One of the most hotly debated clauses in the Constitution deals with the removal of federal government officials through the…

What the Founders thought about impeachment and the President
Andrew Jackson’s conflicted history on North-South relations

by Scott Bomboy

The late President Andrew Jackson is back in the news this week after the current President referenced Jackson’s viewpoints…

Andrew Jackson’s conflicted history on North-South relations
Happy 219th anniversary to the U.S. Navy Department

by NCC Staff

The United States Navy actually has two birthdays—one in October, and one today. So what is the difference between the two days…

Happy 219th anniversary to the U.S. Navy Department
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