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Blame Abraham Lincoln for the nation’s first national Income Tax
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…
Did Congress invade the judicial power to protect a pipeline?
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…
Supreme Court rules against Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program
A divided Supreme Court on Friday has struck down an expansive debt-relief program for student loans created during the Covid-19…
The Supreme Court’s other recent major civil rights decision
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent and surprising voting rights decision overshadowed another civil rights victory that same day, a…
How the Supreme Court upheld Social Security
On May 24, 1937, the Supreme Court decided in two separate but related cases that the Social Security Act of 1935 was…
Could fishing companies upset a boatload of federal agencies with their Supreme Court challenge?
A group of commercial fishing companies soon will have the opportunity to persuade the Supreme Court of the United States to do…
Thomas McKean: A Founding Father with a double life
Thomas McKean was a President before George Washington and supported judicial review before John Marshall. But today, McKean is…
The man who delivered California to the U.S., and was fired for it
On March 10, 1848, the Senate approved a treaty that led to California and much of the Southwest joining the United States. But…
Gibbons v. Ogden: Defining Congress’ power under the Commerce Clause
On March 2, 1824, the Supreme Court ruled in Gibbons v. Ogden, holding that Congress may regulate interstate commerce.
The Speaker of the House and the Constitution
The current controversy over the Speaker of the House of Representatives has highlighted that position’s role as one of the most…
