The Constitution gives the U.S. Supreme Court a special type of jurisdiction over cases “in which a State shall be Party.” So…
December 2 is a landmark day in Senate history, marking that chamber’s historic censure of Joseph McCarthy for his conduct…
Earlier in Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.’s legal career, he represented the government as deputy solicitor general in a 1992…
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A decade after enactment of the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked once…
On Election Day, an old topic will get new life when political pundits discuss the chance of a deadlocked presidential contest…
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…
The U.S. Supreme Court has been an issue in presidential elections throughout most of its history, although perhaps never quite…
To some it seemed like a technicality, but on this day in 1789, President George Washington succeeded in getting the First…
On Saturday, President Donald J. Trump said he would seek to nominate a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on…
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