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Why does the US restrict its presidents to 2 terms? A look at the tradition Trump is questioning
One person in history has defied George Washington’s two-term example. Franklin D. Roosevelt died 80 years ago Saturday, in ...
Citizenship voting requirement in SAVE Act has no basis in the Constitution – and ignores precedent that only states decide who gets to vote
The Constitution does not grant Congress authority to set voter-eligibility requirements in federal elections.
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Annual Wert lecture highlights Civil War politics
The House Divided Project invited Fergus Bordewich, a Civil War historian, to campus to give the annual Wert Lecture on how the extreme division in the country manifests in Congress by focusing on the ...
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Today Is a Day to Celebrate Union Victory and Emancipation
April 9, the day that the American Civil War ended in 1865, should be a national holiday celebrating the defeat of the Confederacy, the end of slavery, and the triumph of liberty.
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Why does the U.S. have presidential term limits? The history of the 22nd Amendment
The rule that no president can serve more than two full terms became part of the U.S. Constitution in 1951, after President ...