Breaking Down the Supreme Court’s Code of Ethics

Run time: 56 minutes

Daniel Epps and Stephen Vladeck join Jeffrey Rosen to break down the Supreme Court ethics code and explore questions about how it will be applied and enforced.  Listen now

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Was Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation the First Executive Order?

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 3 minutes

“On Thursday, Americans celebrated a Thanksgiving holiday that has its roots in colonial traditions. But was that holiday created by the first executive order issued by a President? ...” Read more

Chester Alan Arthur’s Brave, Short Presidency

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“Fewer leaders had lower public expectations than Chester Alan Arthur, but fewer people knew the 21st President was dealing with a terminal illness while he pressed for government reforms and tax cuts during his one term in office during the 1880s. ...” Read more

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Article III

“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. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.”

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