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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…
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…
