February 08, 2021
Senate Republicans say the text of the Constitution only allows sitting presidents to be tried after they are impeached, but Democrats argue there is a precedent that the Senate has tried former officials in the past. So who is right?
The National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen joins MSNBCs Ali Velshi to look at both sides of the following argument: Is the Senate impeachment trial of a former president unconstitutional?
Harold Koh and Michael Ramsey explore the constitutional debate over who decides when the nation uses military force
Scholars John Q. Barrett, Gerard Magliocca, and G. Edward White discuss Justice Robert Jackson’s influential concurrence in…
On March 23, the Supreme Court heard extended arguments in a closely watched case about the ability of states to count…
In this session, students engage in a conversation on slavery in America from the Constitution to Reconstruction. This session…
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