In The News
Apr 13
What would Lincoln do?
It’s April 14, 1861. News of the surrender of Fort Sumter has reached Washington, D.C. A first term president elected with less than 40 percent of the popular vote, you have been in office for a little over a month. Your first crucial decision as president was to re-supply Union troops at a fort offshore… [Continue Reading]
Apr 12
You be the Judge: should taxpayers pay for religious private schools?
Supreme Court to taxpayers: We’re closed For business
Apr 11
Can We Talk? Your thoughts on the government shutdown
We avoided a shutdown, but we kept asking our guests about the state of civility in our government.
Apr 11
3 ways for Baby Boomers to get engaged
On Tuesday night, 75 people filled a conference room in the National Constitution Center to think about how an engaged citizenry can do work that helps realize the Founding Fathers’ vision of “a more perfect Union.”
Apr 11
Watch the debate: Should Miranda rights apply to terrorism suspects?
At the Center, two prominent Supreme Court litigators — Carter Phillips and Kanan Shanmugam — argued this very issue before a panel of distinguished federal judges.
