HumanitiesNDMay 31, 20234 minPresidential Power, the 14th Amendment and the Public DebtThe debt ceiling standoff between President Joe Biden and House Republicans has illuminated the Public Debt Clause of the 14th Amendment,...
HumanitiesNDMay 8, 20234 minChurch and State: The Court Prohibits Religious Tests for OfficeDelegates to the Constitutional Convention, as part of their commitment to separating church from state, unanimously adopted a clause in...
HumanitiesNDMay 8, 20234 minJustice Chase’s Impeachment and Judicial Independence In its first and only impeachment trial of a Supreme Court Justice, the U.S. Senate in 1805 acquitted Samuel Chase of charges against...
HumanitiesNDMay 8, 20234 minApplying Impeachment Clause to Supreme Court JusticesNational conversations surrounding the remote possibility of impeaching Justice Clarence Thomas for accepting –and failing to...