Tag: Constitution

Term limits for members of Congress now has real presidential support. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Beltway Confidential

Now is the time to pass term limits

J.T. Mastranadi · January 10, 2017 12:00 am

Democrats have been worried that foreign officials might look to win favor with Trump by staying at his hotels. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats: Trump at risk of ‘foreign corruption’ unless he divests

Pete Kasperowicz · January 5, 2017 5:00 pm

Steve King introduces bill to bar Supreme Court from citing Obamacare rulings

Steve King introduces bill to bar Supreme Court from citing Obamacare rulings

Ryan Lovelace · January 3, 2017 10:33 pm

President-elect Trump's victory may have demonstrated that flipping the Rust Belt is the GOP's most plausible path to an Electoral College majority. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Could 2017 finally be the year of the Constitution?

W. James Antle III · December 30, 2016 3:40 pm

Demonstrators wave signs and chant in freezing temperatures Monday morning as delegates start arriving to cast their electoral votes for president. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

It’s Election Day, for real, and you can watch all the votes as they’re cast

David Freddoso · December 19, 2016 3:43 pm

An appeals court upheld a California law requiring a 10-day waiting period for gun purchases. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Appeals court backs 10-day waiting period for gun purchases

Ryan Lovelace · December 15, 2016 5:02 pm

Nearly 74 percent of likely voters with a favorable opinion of Trump support term limits for the justices. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Poll: Two-thirds want to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices

Ryan Lovelace · December 14, 2016 6:41 pm

Menendez's petition to the high court argues that the Constitution provides members of Congress with "absolute immunity" from challenges from the executive or judiciary branches for conduct pertaining to legislative speech or debate. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Menendez petitions Supreme Court to throw out corruption case

Ryan Lovelace · December 14, 2016 6:23 pm

Lawsuit Challenges New York Law Banning Tasers

Tatiana Lozano · December 13, 2016 10:00 am

Libya wasn't the only war Obama waged without asking Congress first. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Obama, who illegally invaded Libya, lectures Congress on constitutional war powers

Timothy P. Carney · December 6, 2016 11:50 pm

With speech codes, speech zones, funding inequities and more, millennials have been educated in an environment that teaches that free speech can be tolerated if absolutely necessary, but never encouraged. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Why the Constitution still matters at universities

Kevin Glass · December 6, 2016 4:14 pm

President-elect Donald Trump asked why the United States and "all countries" have not joined the fight against religious terrorism. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Texas elector won’t vote for Trump, calls him enemy of the Constitution

Caitlin Yilek · December 6, 2016 4:01 am