President Biden’s Proposed Supreme Court Reforms

Run time: 1 hour, 4 minutes

Constitutional historians Keith Whittington and Anthony Michael Kreis join Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the mechanics and merits of President Biden’s proposed court reforms and delve into the relationship between politics and the judiciary from the founding until today. Listen now

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Can Congress Enact Supreme Court Term Limits Without a Constitutional Amendment?

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“President Joe Biden’s recent announcement of several proposed Supreme Court reform measures includes the goal of establishing term limits for the justices. However, the term limits process is complicated, with two distinct but uncertain paths. ...” Read more

Silas Deane: Founding Father, Spy, and Loyalist?

by NCC Staff | Read time: 2 minutes

“July 27 marks the anniversary of the tragic story of Silas Deane, a Founding Father who was later banned from America and died under mysterious circumstances. ...” Read more

July 29, 1805: Alexis de Tocqueville is Born

On July 29, 1805, French historian Alexis de Tocqueville is born in Paris. His Democracy in America has been hailed as one of the best books ever written on both democracy and America. What can a 200-year-old book teach us about democracy in America today? In this America’s Town Hall program from March 2023, Jeremy Jennings, author of Travels with Tocqueville Beyond America; Olivier Zunz, author of The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville; and Catherine Zuckert of the University of Notre Dame, discuss Tocqueville’s masterpiece and its lessons for modern Americans. Watch now

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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