Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America

In February of this year, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Ohio v. EPA. This case challenges the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to enforce the Good Neighbor Plan which aims to curb pol...

25 Apr 202455min

Federally, we have 536 elected positions between Congress and the President. We then have 2.8 million federal employees. How do we limit the power among the unelected officials we have in our federa...

19 Apr 202458min

Presidential immunity is in the news a lot lately.  It derives from a notion that all three branches of government retain powers to execute their duties under the constitution.  But there is also a tr...

14 Apr 20241h 1min

Did you know the United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear four cases pertaining to social media this term? One of the major issues is whether or not an elected official has the authority to lim...

5 Apr 202456min

Who is the Speaker of the House and what are his duties? How does a bill become law? What are the three branches of government. Let's be honest, so many in our country are not fully educated on civ...

28 Mar 202457min

Winning a war was just the beginning for George Washington's service to our new country. After retiring to Mount Vernon post-war, Washington saw a weakness in our country under the Articles of Confed...

23 Mar 202458min

The relationship between the federal and state governments is not always clear. These two governments exist simultaneously but at times have different goals and objectives. The federal government ca...

14 Mar 202456min

Can you name the President? We hope yes! Can you name your state's governor? More than likely yes. But can you name your mayor and city council members? While the issues nationally get the most a...

8 Mar 202455min