Jan 19 The Constitution mandates when one presidency ends and the next begins By News Desk The date and time of today’s inauguration are set by 20th amendment to the Constitution, which states that “the terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January.”… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 8:16 Former defense secretary urges top brass to resign or resist questionable Trump orders All 10 living former secretaries of defense signed a column published in The Washington Post on Sunday that urged the Trump administration to allow a peaceful transition of power and to keep the Pentagon out of it. One of the… Continue watching
Oct 09 AP Explains: How transfer of power works under 25th Amendment By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press In 2002, President George W. Bush became the first to use the amendment to temporarily transfer power to Vice President Dick Cheney while Bush was anesthetized for a colonoscopy. Continue reading
Feb 21 GOP attorneys general seek to block Equal Rights Amendment By Associated Press Legal chiefs in five states — Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska and South Dakota — filed a motion on Thursday to intervene in a lawsuit. Continue reading
Jan 29 Democratic AGs plan to file lawsuit over ERA By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general, who has vowed to go to court if needed to see the Equal Rights Amendment adopted, plans to announce “landmark civil rights litigation” dealing with the proposed Constitutional amendment, his office announced Wednesday. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 7:08 What 4 legal scholars told the House Judiciary Committee about Trump and impeachment By Nick Schifrin The impeachment inquiry into President Trump entered a new phase Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on the matter. Four law professors testified before the panel about the legal parameters of impeachment: Noah Feldman, Michael Gerhardt,… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 8:05 2 impeachment experts analyze the House Judiciary Committee’s case against Trump For additional insight into the House Judiciary Committee’s first public impeachment hearing, we turn to Solomon Wisenberg, who was deputy independent counsel during the Whitewater investigation, and law professor Frank Bowman, author of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 6:13 Why the founders let Congress define impeachment-worthy crimes The power to impeach a federal official such as the president has been exercised rarely in American history, and U.S. Constitution mentions the word only a handful of times. What were the founders thinking when they included that power, and… Continue watching
Oct 15 How one corporation exploited the amendment that was meant to protect former slaves By Elizabeth Flock Corporations have often leveraged progressive reforms to serve the ends of business, says author Adam Winkler. "Perhaps more surprising is that corporations have also been innovators in constitutional law."… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 6:04 Why the White House argues it can reject the House’s impeachment requests A strongly worded letter from the White House on Tuesday informed House Democratic leaders that it will not be complying with the impeachment inquiry, and called the entire process illegitimate, in part because the full House has not voted to… Continue watching