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Alison LaCroix’s ‘Interbellum Constitution’ Book Reviewed by Steve Vladeck
But in her magisterial new history of the constitutional debates of the era, legal historian Alison LaCroix expands her (and our) horizons beyond the modest contributions of the Supreme Court of the ...
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How Jewish patriots in the US Revolutionary War helped shape the First Amendment
In new book 'A Promised Land,' history professor Adam Jortner looks at the role of Jews - then just 0.1% of the population - ...
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How the Constitution’s Framers Got It Wrong
One of the continuing puzzles I come back to is the separation of powers: Where did the framers go wrong? Political ...
Hands on Wisconsin: What does a constitutional crisis look like?
Hands on Wisconsin: What does a constitutional crisis look like? President Donald Trump is pushing America toward a ...
Citizenship voting requirement in SAVE Act has no basis in the Constitution – and ignores precedent that only states decide who gets to vote
The Constitution does not grant Congress authority to set voter-eligibility requirements in federal elections.
America’s federal constitutional rights need a major fix
There is no recourse to recover damages against federal actors, no matter how serious the violation of federal constitutional ...
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Armstrong Williams: Congress has become the ornamental branch
The Constitution is clear: Congress is the preeminent branch of the federal government. The powers of the legislative branch are listed in Article I of the Constitution, while the powers of the ...