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Dana Bash on America’s Deadliest Election
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Thursday, March 20 | 7 p.m. ET
Join CNN Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent **Dana Bash** for a discussion of her book, _America’s Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History_, which explores the little-known story of the 1872 reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant, which nearly pushed American democracy to its breaking point, and what we can learn from it today.
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###### [Is DOGE Breaking the Law?](/news-debate/podcasts/is-doge-breaking-the-law)
Debating the legal basis for DOGE’s actions
Mar 13
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###### [The State of Partisanship: Confronting the Challenges of a Divided Nation](/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs/the-state-of-partisanship-confronting-the-challenges-of-a-divided-nation)
Authors Jonathan Rauch and Julian Zelizer join for a wide-ranging discussion on their new books and the rise of partisanship in America.
Mar 3
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###### [Law from the 1950s may play role in Columbia University student deportation case](/blog/immigration-law-from-the-1950s-may-play-role-in-columbia-deportation-case)
The current case involving Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student facing expulsion from the United States for his participation in public pro-Palestine protests, may center on a law from the McCarthy era, and how courts interpret it.
Mar 12
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###### Executive Power
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.
Podcast
###### [President Trump’s Executive Orders](/news-debate/podcasts/president-trumps-executive-orders)
Examining the legal and constitutional stakes of the president’s actions
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###### [Can a president refuse to spend funds approved by Congress?](/blog/can-a-president-refuse-to-spend-funds-approved-by-congress)
Shortly after President Donald Trump took office, his administration briefly paused federal spending on various programs. Although that spending has been restored, the move led to questions about the separation of powers between the president and Congress.
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###### [Defining the president’s constitutional powers to issue executive orders](/blog/defining-the-presidents-constitutional-powers-to-issue-executive-orders)
Among the most powerful tools available to the president are executive orders, which are written policy directives issued by the president with much of the same power as federal law. However, such orders are not explicitly defined in the Constitution and rest on historical practice, executive interpretations, and court decisions.
###### 14th Amendment: Citizenship
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Blog Post
###### [A look back at the Wong Kim Ark decision](/blog/a-look-back-at-the-wong-kim-ark-decision)
President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to redefine birthright citizenship has cast a new light on a landmark Supreme Court decision, United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898).
Podcast
###### [Does the Constitution Require Birthright Citizenship?](/news-debate/podcasts/does-the-constitution-require-birthright-citizenship)
Professors Akhil Amar and Edward Erler debate the president’s proposal to revoke birthright citizenship, diving into the history of the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause with host Jeffrey Rosen.
Interpretations
###### [The Citizenship Clause](/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xiv/clauses/700#the-citizenship-clause-by-akhil-amar-and-john-harrison)
The Constitution as originally adopted assumes that there is citizenship of the United States, and of the States, but does not explicitly provide a rule that tells whether anyone is a citizen of either (other than by giving Congress the power to naturalize).Â
###### The Founders
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###### [The Life and Constitutional Legacy of Gouverneur Morris](/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs/the-life-and-constitutional-legacy-of-gouverneur-morris)
Scholars **Melanie Randolph Miller**, **Dennis Rasmussen**, and **William Treanor** explore the life and constitutional legacy of Gouverneur Morris.
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###### [How Religious Were the Founders?](/news-debate/podcasts/how-religious-were-the-founders)
The founders’ views on faith in private and public life
Podcast
###### [The Legacy of John Adams](/news-debate/podcasts/the-legacy-of-john-adams)
The constitutional vision and moral virtues of John Adams and his family
###### At the Court
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Blog Post
###### [Supreme Court to consider reverse sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit](/blog/supreme-court-to-consider-reverse-sexual-orientation-discrimination-lawsuit)
In a case with implications for employment law, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in late February in a lawsuit brought by a heterosexual woman who claims she was discriminated against based on her sexual orientation.
Podcast
###### [Can Texas Require Age Verification on Adult Sites?](/news-debate/podcasts/can-texas-require-age-verification-on-adult-sites)
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in _Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton_
Blog Post
###### [The Supreme Court questions law on gender affirming care for teenagers](/blog/the-supreme-court-questions-law-on-gender-affirming-care-for-teenagers)
A divided Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024 considered one of the highest profile cases in its current term, leaving perhaps more questions than answers about how it will decide if a state can regulate gender-affirming health care for teenagers.
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