The 40th anniversary of MLK Jr. Day As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15, we once again honor the many contributions of Dr. King in the journey toward ending racial discrimination in this country. Among Dr. King’s many significant ...
by Noah Feldman On the surface, the gridlock caused by the Republican Party’s failure to elect a speaker of the House of Representatives looks like a dysfunction of our old-fashioned Constitution. But the fault doesn’t lie with that document. The House’s dysfunction today is the ...
The Monongalia County Commission entertained a request from three Morgantown Chapters of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to proclaim the week of Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week. They rang bells along with the Monongalia Courthouse bell at exactly at 4 p.m. Sept. ...
On Sept. 18, 1787, emerging from the four-month Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Dr. Franklin, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” According to the journal of James McHenry (Library of Congress), Franklin responded, “A republic, if you ...
by Jackie Calmes Forget for a moment the indictments against Donald Trump, including the latest from Georgia, and about what impact they might have on his presidential candidacy. Consider instead this constitutional fact: Trump, as insurrectionist in chief, should be disqualified from ...
by Noah Feldman Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on federal charges, catapulting the U.S. into new legal and constitutional territory. What this means for democracy and for the 2024 presidential race I’ll leave for others to explore. Legally, the two key issues for ...