Constitution Daily Blog
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Senators should serve for life, and other election ideas from the Founders
Today, Americans will vote in elections around the country. But did you know if alternative ideas from the Founders were used…
Can a Senator serve in Congress after a conviction in court?
As the Robert Menendez trial winds down, the New Jersey congressional caucus faces an odd scenario if the Senator is convicted of…
Can the Cabinet “remove” a President using the 25th amendment?
In a new Vanity Fair article, the magazine claims former White House adviser Steve Bannon warned President Donald Trump that his…
The constitutional clause at issue in the Menendez trial
The criminal trial of Senator Bob Menendez is well underway, raising a number of important constitutional questions on democratic…
This week in Supreme Court history: New limits on the spending power
On June 23, 1987, the Supreme Court upheld the ability of the federal government to impose conditions on money received by the…
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…
Democratic lawmakers sue President over business ties
Seeking to shore up Congress’s power to block President Trump from gaining benefits from his business empire, nearly 200…
What the Founders thought about impeachment and the President
One of the most hotly debated clauses in the Constitution deals with the removal of federal government officials through the…
Andrew Jackson’s conflicted history on North-South relations
The late President Andrew Jackson is back in the news this week after the current President referenced Jackson’s viewpoints…
Happy 219th anniversary to the U.S. Navy Department
The United States Navy actually has two birthdays—one in October, and one today. So what is the difference between the two days…
