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Regardless of Trump cases, Supreme Court stakes are huge in 2024

by Marcia Coyle

When the U.S. Supreme Court term began last fall, the docket contained a number of major cases but had little of the potential…

Regardless of Trump cases, Supreme Court stakes are huge in 2024
Supreme Court preview for January 2024

by Scott Bomboy

In one of the biggest cases of the current term, the Supreme Court’s calendar for January 2024 features arguments about the…

Supreme Court preview for January 2024
America’s relic: The story of the Lincoln catafalque

by Scott Bomboy

On Dec. 19, 2023, the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lie in repose at the Supreme Court upon the Lincoln catafalque. The…

America’s relic: The story of the Lincoln catafalque
On this day, Bush v. Gore settles 2000 presidential race

by NCC Staff

On December 12, 2000, the Supreme Court ended a Florida vote recount in the presidential election contest between George W. Bush…

On this day, Bush v. Gore settles 2000 presidential race
The Constitution and federal government shutdowns

by Scott Bomboy

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government into early 2024, pending…

The Constitution and federal government shutdowns
The Speaker of the House’s Constitutional Role

by Scott Bomboy

The current controversy over the Speaker of the House of Representatives has highlighted that position’s role as one of the most…

The Speaker of the House’s Constitutional Role
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the limits of presidential power

by Scott Bomboy

It was on this day in 1964 that a joint session of Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, an act that led to the Vietnam…

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the limits of presidential power
Blame Abraham Lincoln for the nation’s first national Income Tax

by NCC Staff

Most people aren’t big fans of a national income tax, but it was on this day back in 1861 that the first one was levied by the…

Blame Abraham Lincoln for the nation’s first national Income Tax
Did Congress invade the judicial power to protect a pipeline?

by Marcia Coyle

A political deal to secure the vote of a Democratic senator in the recent debt ceiling battle has teed up a U.S. Supreme Court…

Did Congress invade the judicial power to protect a pipeline?
Supreme Court rules against Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program

by Scott Bomboy

A divided Supreme Court on Friday has struck down an expansive debt-relief program for student loans created during the Covid-19…

Supreme Court rules against Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program
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