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How Congress created an army of millions in 1917

by Nicholas Mosvick

On April 27, 1917. Republican California Representative Julius Kahn introduced to the House Resolution 3545—known better as the…

How Congress created an army of millions in 1917
Battle for the Constitution: Week of April 12th, 2021 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of April 12th, 2021 Roundup
Battle for the Constitution: Week of March 29th, 2021 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of March 29th, 2021 Roundup
Andrew Jackson, presidential censure and the Constitution

by NCC Staff

On March 28, 1834, the U.S. Senate censured President Andrew Jackson in a tug-of-war that had questionable constitutional roots…

Andrew Jackson, presidential censure and the Constitution
Battle for the Constitution: Week of February 1st, 2021 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of February 1st, 2021 Roundup
How we wound up with the income tax

by Scott Bomboy

Imagine a world with a federal income tax; if you were an American citizen before 1913, with a few exceptions you didn’t have to…

How we wound up with the income tax
Battle for the Constitution: Week of January 18th, 2021 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of January 18th, 2021 Roundup
The Second Trump Impeachment: What Happens Next?

by Scott Bomboy

The House of Representatives adopted an article of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, setting in motion a…

The Second Trump Impeachment: What Happens Next?
Can President Trump be impeached after he leaves office?

by Scott Bomboy

The expected impeachment proceedings on Wednesday against President Donald J. Trump will surface one of the Constitution’s most…

Can President Trump be impeached after he leaves office?
Why Texas’s election suit failed to reach first base in the Supreme Court

by Marcia Coyle

The Constitution gives the U.S. Supreme Court a special type of jurisdiction over cases “in which a State shall be Party.” So…

Why Texas’s election suit failed to reach first base in the Supreme Court
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