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Daily News Lesson May 23 2025

Georgetown scholar says he was 'chained, shackled' in ICE detention

Badar Khan Suri was held for nearly two months in a detention facility in Texas.

U.S. President Trump departs for Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

Daily News Lesson May 15 2025

Constitution's emoluments clause and Qatar gifting Trump $400M luxury jet

"Our founders put into our Constitution a prohibition on government officials, including the president, accepting payments, gifts from foreign governments," according to Kathleen Clark, law professor

Handout image of an extremely rare official first-edition printed copy of the U.S. Constitution as adopted by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787

Daily News Lesson May 06 2025

As Trump doubts need for due process, what the Constitution says about noncitizens' rights

Discuss the meaning of due process as a constitutional right for all people

FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington

Daily News Lesson April 24 2025

Supreme Court hears major case on public school curriculum and parental rights

How will the Court interpret the First Amendment to come to their decision

Students and others demonstrate during a protest outside the gates to Columbia University in New York

Daily News Lesson April 23 2025

Different views on Trump administration’s student activist crackdown

Examine the role of due process in incidents of students' visas being revoked

Trump responds to reporters about the National Cathedral service he attended in Washington

Daily News Lesson January 22 2025

Trump begins term with wave of executive orders

Learn about some of the sweeping changes President Trump is seeking through executive orders

U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington

Daily News Lesson January 18 2024

Supreme Court hears critical case on executive power

Learn about a court case that could limit the executive branch's power to create regulations

People protest after leak of U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion on Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Washington

Daily News Lesson July 01 2022

Supreme Court hands down climate change ruling on final day of term

On the final day of a historic term, the Supreme Court issued a decision limiting the EPA's power to enforce climate change standards

Daily News Lesson June 24 2022

Supreme Court overturns century-old gun law, allows firearms in most public places

Overturns New York State law just weeks following Buffalo mass shooting

Lesson Plan October 22 2020

Lesson plan: Contested elections in American history

Learn more about contested elections in U.S history and the role of the 12th Amendment

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