Executive Authority: Presidential Power From America’s Founding to Today

Run time: 58 minutes

Gillian Metzger and Saikrishna Prakash join Jeffrey Rosen to examine the founders’ vision for the presidency, review how presidential power has changed over time, and debate the constitutional questions—including the unitary executive theory—that have shaped the modern presidency. Listen now

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Supreme Court allows tax exemptions for Wisconsin religious charities

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 4 minutes

“In a unanimous ruling last Thursday, the Supreme Court struck down a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision denying unemployment tax exemptions to a faith-based group because the charity provided help to people of other faiths. …” Read more

Items of note in the Supreme Court’s reverse discrimination decision

by Marcia Coyle | Read time: 5 minutes

“The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in a straight, white woman’s job bias case is noteworthy for a number of reasons, not just because of the unusual nature of a “reverse” discrimination claim. …” Read more

The history of legal challenges to the Pledge of Allegiance

by Scott Bomboy | 6 minutes

The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States has existed in some form since September 1892. Even though it has been part of American life for generations, it still has faced some constitutional controversy.   

This Flag Day, learn more about the history of legal challenges to the Pledge in this Constitution Daily blog post.

Article II

“The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.”

Read interpretations in the Interactive Constitution

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