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Looking Ahead: A Supreme Court Preview for 2023
The Supreme Court has been front and center in recent years due to a series of landmark decisions, and the year 2023 will likely…
Filibustering in the Modern Senate
In the first two parts of Constitution Daily’s series on the filibuster, we looked at its origins in the earliest sessions of…
The Previous Question: The Filibuster’s Early Murky History
One of the classic images in modern film is from Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington from 1939, when Jimmy Stewart’s…
On this day: “No taxation without representation!”
The Stamp Act Congress met on this day in New York in 1765, a meeting that led nine Colonies to declare the English Crown had no…
Will the New U.S. Supreme Court Deliver More Jolts to the Legal System?
After an intense blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court term, like the one just ended, the justices often have opted for a low key term.…
On this day, the transition begins to our Constitutional government
The date of September 13, 1788 isn’t celebrated as a major anniversary in American history, but it was a big day in the creation…
10 fascinating facts about Watergate
On June 17, 1972, police caught five men breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in…
On this day, Supreme Court invalidates key FDR program
On May 28, 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an important part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s NIRA plan, when the…
On this day, the Pullman Strike changes labor law
On May 11, 1894, several thousand train workers started an unannounced strike at the Pullman Company in Illinois. Over the next…
Happy birthday to First United States Congress
On this day in 1789, the First Congress under our current Constitution met in its first joint session in New York and undertook an…
