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Could ‘rogue electors’ tilt the balance of the US election? Lawrence Douglas The supreme court just debated how American presidents are actually chosen. Its decision will have powerful ramifications Joe Biden walks out after speaking at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images It’s 3 November 2020, election day. […] More
Play Video 2:22 US president Donald Trump has threatened to shut down Congress so he could fill vacancies in his administration without Senate confirmation, saying he was frustrated lawmakers were not in Washington to vote on his nominees for federal judgeships and other government positions. No US president has ever used the authority, included in the Constitution, […] More
Play Video 2:12 US president Donald Trump has claimed he has ‘total authority’ to supersede decisions made by state governors to ease social restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. ‘When someone is president of the United States the authority is total’, Trump said during a White House press briefing. Reporters questioned the assertion, asking: ‘You said […] More
A century after the 19th amendment, Ellen Carol DuBois makes the familiar new and sheds light on a fight against injustice It was a decidedly anticlimactic end to a life-changing campaign. The document was sent by train to Washington in the middle of the night. A government employee met the train and rushed it to […] More
State representative Rodney Garcia condemned by his party for ‘reckless’ remarks – but he says he has been praised by supporters A Montana Republican lawmaker who says the US constitution allows for socialists to be jailed or shot will only resign “if God asked me to”. Related: Iowa caucus chaos: Democrats to release partial results […] More
Liberal groups target November elections for payback Senators seek to explain votes with constitutional contortions Opinion: Republicans march over the impeachment cliff A statue representing Grief lays her covered face on the shoulder of the statue representing History on the Peace Monument near the US Capitol. Photograph: Mary F Calvert/Reuters Outraged by what they see […] More
Trump impeachment trial: what you need to know Robert Reich The president won’t be convicted and removed because Republican senators are spineless. But voters are different Donald Trump attends March for Life in Washington on Friday. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Abaca Pool/EPA Don’t get bogged down in the minutiae of Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial – the […] More
