The Future of the CFPB

Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Ilya Shapiro, the co-author of an amicus brief in support of Seila Law, joined host Jeffrey Rosen to discuss Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau which the Supreme Court heard this week.

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Gibbons v. Ogden: Defining Congress’ Power Under the Commerce Clause

by Nicholas Mosvick

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On This Day, the Boston Massacre Lights the Fuse of Revolution

by NCC staff

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The National Constitution Center's new exhibit The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote is set to open June 10. Our exhibits team is currently prepping nearly 100 artifacts for the exhibit, including this bird-shaped suffrage sign from the collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax.

The Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association created this decorative sign to encourage voters to support women’s suffrage. On July 19, 1915—Suffrage Blue Bird Day—about 100,000 tin birds popped up across the state. However, the state had one of the strongest anti-suffrage organizations in the country, and its women’s suffrage measure ultimately failed. It would take the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 for Massachusetts women to gain full voting rights.

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Read more about our forthcoming exhibit The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote

Article I, Section 8: The Commerce Clause

"The Congress shall have Power... To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes..."

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