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District of Columbia statehood supporters push for convention
A small but vocal contingent in the District of Columbia is pushing forward with plans for a summer local constitutional…
Have some of the courts’ power been shifted to Congress?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how the Court’s Bank Markazi…
The vanishing constitutional issue in United States v. Texas
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at why the Supreme Court was silent on…
Previewing today’s immigration arguments at the Supreme Court
This morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case challenging President Obama’s 2014 executive action…
Constitution Check: Could Obama bypass the Senate on Garland nomination?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at a novel argument that President…
Henry Clay, the great compromiser
On April 12, 1777, the Kentucky politician Henry Clay was born. His remarkable career included a long stint as Speaker of the…
The filibuster that almost killed the Civil Rights Act
On this day in 1964, the Senate was involved in an epic fight over the Civil Right Act, after a group of Southern senators started…
The controversy over the direct election of Senators
The 17th amendment, which was ratified 103 years ago today, profoundly changed how Senators were chosen to serve in Congress. The…
Supreme Court denies big challenge to Colorado’s legal pot law
Over the objections of Justice Clarence Thomas, the eight-person Supreme Court has denied an effort by two neighboring states to…
Constitution Check: In the Supreme Court vacancy fight, which election counts most?
Lyle Denniston looks at the debate over the next Supreme Court nominee and how the upcoming November presidential and…
