the supreme court needs an ethics code
Two weeks ago, House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing of Congress, focusing on the much-talked-about inaugural bill of the session, H.R., the For People Act of 2019.. ..…
Two weeks ago, House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing of Congress, focusing on the much-talked-about inaugural bill of the session, H.R., the For People Act of 2019.. ..…
For instance, at the start of Civil War, with Congress out of session, President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and took other unilateral actions. ..…
Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session within twenty-one days after..…
In 1861, with Congress out of session and seven states in, President Abraham Lincoln ordered blockade of Confederacy and enlarged the army under self-claimed authority. ..…
Most of his weapons were rhetorical, featuring a mix of lies and false inducements—claims that every congressional Democrat had signed on to an “open borders” bill (none had), that liberals were fomenting violent “mobs” (they weren’t), that a 10 percent tax cut for the middle class would somehow..…
Various presidents have done things as emergency actions—Lincoln during the Civil War most notably, when Congress literally couldn’t be brought back in session—but the first official such declaration was made by Woodrow Wilson (not a promising start), and many presidents would go on..…