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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…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of January 18th, 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…
The Second Trump Impeachment: What Happens Next?
The House of Representatives adopted an article of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, setting in motion a…
Can President Trump be impeached after he leaves office?
The expected impeachment proceedings on Wednesday against President Donald J. Trump will surface one of the Constitution’s most…
Why Texas’s election suit failed to reach first base in the Supreme Court
The Constitution gives the U.S. Supreme Court a special type of jurisdiction over cases “in which a State shall be Party.” So…
