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Holding Assad accountable
Louis Fisher, scholar in residence at The Constitution Project, discusses an important letter detailing the potential costs of a Syrian intervention by President Obama, as well as roadblocks placed by...
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Should Congress decide an indefinite military extension in Afghanistan?
Bruce Ackerman from Yale Law says Congress, and not President Obama, should debate and decide the matter of extending the American military presence in Afghanistan. Before he signs off on a post-2014...
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Secretary Gates’ book ignites another Washington debate
Advance reviews of former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ book has Washington talking about public policy and the people who make it, including some pointed words about the Obama administration and...
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Combating terrorism in a democracy: The American experience
Editor’s note: The following remarks were given by Mark L. Wolf, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 30, 2013, at an international...
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Video: Lessons Learned in the Wake of the Arab Spring
In this video from a recent event at the National Constitution Center, former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou and others share their lessons learned in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings....
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Constitution Check: Did Governor Christie make a constitutional misstep?
Lyle Denniston looks at how a remark about Israel by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie touched a nerve that also touches on a constitutional issue about the recognition of foreign governments. Chris...
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Constitution Check: Should terrorism trials only be held in military tribunals?
Lyle Denniston looks at the contentious issue of whether individuals charged with war crimes based on terrorist acts should be tried in a civilian court or by a military commission. THE STATEMENTS AT...
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Syria situation heats up the War Powers debate
Reports continue to indicate that President Obama will ask the United States military to launch a limited strike on Syria. But is such an action legal or constitutional within the War Powers Resolution...
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Why the War Powers Resolution isn’t a key factor in the Syria situation
In this commentary, Robert F. Turner from the University of Virginia School of Law says President Obama clearly has the constitutional power to launch missile strikes at Syria without congressional...
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Abe may bypass Japan’s constitution to expand military presence
Shinzo Abe, current prime minister of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be taking a detour around his nation’s pacifist constitution to build Japan’s first active military force since World War II....
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The constitutional debate over Obama’s move against ISIS
President Barack Obama has ordered United States military forces to make limited strikes against ISIS forces in Iraq. So how is this legal when Obama didn’t pursue similar actions in Syria last year?...
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It was 116 years ago today: The U.S. becomes a global power
On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines. The war marked America’s entrance onto the global stage as a military...
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What do the Declaration, Constitution and Bill of Rights really mean?
As Constitution Daily counts down to the debut on December 15 at the National Constitution Center of an original copy of the Bill of Rights, we are looking at some fascinating facts about the iconic...
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Cuba as the next constitutional fight between Congress, Obama
The Obama administration’s move to end a decades-long feud with Cuba’s Castro regime is shaping up as the next big tug-of-war between the executive and legislative branches. Already in the “balance of...
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An invitation to constitutional conflict?
(credit: Flickr) On March 3, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress at the request of House Speaker John Boehner. The event has set off a debate over whether...
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President Obama asks Congress to approve war against ISIL
On Wednesday, the White House presented to Congress a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force against the Islamic State. The new proposal says “the President is authorized … to use the Armed...
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Obama calls for war authorization, reopening constitutional debates
On Wednesday, President Obama sent a request to Congress to authorize military force against ISIS, seeking formal authority for actions that have been taking place since August 2014. In his 2015 State...
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The man who delivered California to the U.S., and was fired for it
On March 10, 1848, the Senate approved a treaty that led to California and much of the Southwest joining the United States. But the man who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was promptly fired...
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Constitution Check: Could senators be prosecuted for trying to deal directly...
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, explains the argument over a GOP Senate letter to Iran and its potential violation of an obscure law. “The letter by...
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Podcast: Which branch controls foreign affairs? Supreme Court rules in...
This week, we continue our series of blockbuster podcasts that review the week’s big decisions at the Supreme Court, as well as preview other cases to be decided this month. On Monday, June 8, the...
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