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Constitution Check: Has the U.S. war against ISIS in Syria been illegal from the start?
Constitution Daily Supreme Court correspondent Lyle Denniston looks at a lawsuit from an Army officer that contests the legality…
Constitution Check: Does spending on war amount to declaration of war?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at a lawsuit challenging the…
Article I, Section 8: Federalism and the overall scope of federal power
As part of the National Constitution Center’s on-going Interactive Constitution project, leading constitutional experts interact…
Constitution Check: Is current U.S. military action against ISIS illegal?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the constitutional prospects for a…
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…
