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America’s [presidents] got talent

Posted 8 hours, 10 minutes ago.

By Holly Munson

Here’s another addition we’d love to see on “America’s Got Talent”: U.S. presidents. Although the historical presidents might be tricky, here are five presidents that should be at the top of the audition list. Continue Reading

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Issue: Executive Branch, Founding Fathers

Tags: America's Got Talent Barack Obama Bill Clinton George Washington

Rejecting Affordable Care Act is rejecting Constitution

Posted 1 month, 28 days ago.

By Akhil Amar and Todd Brewster

The justices have the power to declare the law unconstitutional and thereby kill “Obamacare” before it even leaves the birthing chamber. While some believe that such an outcome would be proper, we disagree. Continue Reading

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Issue: Article I, Congress, Election 2012, Health Care, Peter Jennings Project, Supreme Court, Taxes

Tags: George Washington Interstate Commerce Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Tea Party

Constitutional Astrology: Presidential Pisceans

Posted 2 months, 18 days ago.

By Sayeh Hormozi

As this year’s erratic winter temperatures give way to March and the warmth of spring, Pisces’s malleable nature is thriving. Continue Reading

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Issue: Executive Branch

Tags: Andrew Jackson George Washington James Madison

Happy birthday, 22nd Amendment!

Posted 2 months, 19 days ago.

By Holly Munson

Following the precedent of George Washington, presidents until 1940 followed an unwritten rule that they would serve no more than two terms. Continue Reading

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Issue: 22nd Amendment, Congress, Executive Branch, Executive Power

Tags: Akhil Amar Franklin D. Roosevelt George Washington Great Depression World War II

Pitchers, catchers…and signers report: a Founding Fathers baseball dream team

Posted 2 months, 25 days ago.

By Michael Simzak

If the framers of the Constitution were a baseball team, who would they be and what position would they play? Continue Reading

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Issue: At the Center, Bill of Rights, Founding Fathers, Revolution, Sports

Tags: Alexander Hamilton Benjamin Franklin George Mason George Washington Gouvernor Morris James Madison James Wilson John Dickinson Jonathan Dayton Major League Baseball Roger Sherman

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