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Supreme Court to hear major challenge to federal regulatory powers
At first glance, climate change and vaccine mandates seem to have nothing in common, but the two are linked in a U.S. Supreme…
Understanding the process to replace Justice Breyer
With the official announcement of Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court after its current term, all…
On this day, Woodrow Wilson seizes the nation’s railroads
One of the broadest acts of presidential power happened on this day in 1917, when President Woodrow Wilson issued an order for the…
How the Supreme Court created agency deference
On this day in 1984, the Supreme Court decided Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council, which created the doctrine that…
How Congress created an army of millions in 1917
On April 27, 1917. Republican California Representative Julius Kahn introduced to the House Resolution 3545—known better as the…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of April 12th, 2021 Roundup
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
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…
Andrew Jackson, presidential censure and the Constitution
On March 28, 1834, the U.S. Senate censured President Andrew Jackson in a tug-of-war that had questionable constitutional roots…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of February 1st, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…
How we wound up with the income tax
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…
