Tag: Constitution

Attorney Lanny Davis speaks during an AP interview in his K Street office in Washington.

Lanny Davis: Nixon respected Constitution more than Trump

Caitlin Yilek · December 14, 2018 11:57 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., complains to reporters that too many lawmakers, including him, are being kept out of a closed-door security briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel on the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and involvement of the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.

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Congress finally stands up to a president and says, ‘You can’t go to war unless we say so’

Jack Hunter · December 14, 2018 5:37 pm

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks with reporters as the House Democratic Caucus gathers to discuss their agenda when they become the majority in the 116th Congress, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. As incoming chairman, he is expected to make one of his first priorities protecting special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and requesting that Mueller's materials are preserved in case he is fired.

Top Democrat: Constitution allows Trump to be indicted in office

Naomi Lim · December 9, 2018 3:52 pm

Paul Manafort pardon could force Congress to limit Trump’s power, Marco Rubio warns

Steven Nelson · December 9, 2018 3:46 pm

A pedestrian passes in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to issue some executive orders on inauguration day and may swear in some of his cabinet members, according to Trump's spokesman Sean Spice. But the incoming president will wait until Monday, the first full business day of his presidency, for "a big flurry of activity."

Saudi government lobbyists spent $270K in 3 months at Trump’s luxury DC hotel

Naomi Lim · December 6, 2018 4:21 am

Donald Trump's shifting position on immigration could be a fatal mistake for the conservative Republicans who support him.

Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’

Caitlin Yilek · December 5, 2018 7:28 pm

IN this Aug. 13, 2018, file photo, Tyson Timbs poses for a portrait at his aunt's home in Marion, Ind. Five years ago, Timbs had his $42,000 Land Rover taken by the government in a process known as "civil asset forfeiture," after he pled guilty to selling $260 of heroin.

Supreme Court appears poised to apply ban on excessive fines to states in case of Indiana man

Melissa Quinn · November 28, 2018 6:36 pm

Residents at a southeastern Albuquerque, N.M., polling station search through their ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, on election day. Voters in New Mexico went to the polls on Tuesday to pick the state's next governor, a U.S. senator, three U.S. House members and a string of statewide offices.

Beltway Confidential

Bypassing the Constitution wasn’t enough — popular vote fanatics resort to lawsuits to get their way

David Davenport · November 28, 2018 2:26 pm

Guide to Government

Barone’s Guide to Government: Census

Michael Barone · November 26, 2018 9:27 pm

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A judge just said the federal government can’t ban female genital mutilation, but your state absolutely can, and should

Jenna Ellis · November 21, 2018 10:07 pm

A federal law criminalizes female genital mutilation as a federal felony.

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Judge Bernard Friedman aids in the horrifying normalization of female genital mutilation

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 20, 2018 11:47 pm

President Donald Trump looks on as a White House aide takes away a microphone from CNN journalist Jim Acosta during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Washington.

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CNN should refile its White House lawsuit without blaming the Secret Service

Tom Rogan · November 14, 2018 4:59 pm