Judges on Judicial Independence

Run time: 58 minutes

National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen leads a special panel discussion with Judge J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Judge Beth Bloom of the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida; and Judge Stephen R. Bough of the U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri. The judges explore threats to the judicial branch and the importance of judicial independence and civic education in maintaining the rule of law. Listen now

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Was Cory Booker’s speech a filibuster?

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 4 minutes

“On April 1, 2025, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey set a record for making the longest speaking appearance on the Senate floor. But Booker’s effort did not likely qualify as a “filibuster,” one of the chamber’s unique traditions of attempting to block or delay a vote by not allowing debate on it to end. …” Read more

How Congress delegates its tariff powers to the president

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“President Donald Trump is expected to announce wide-sweeping tariffs on Wednesday, in a move with potentially broad consequences. So how does the president have the ability to levy tariffs under the Constitution? …” Read more

Jeffrey Rosen: Are We in a Constitutional Crisis?

President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen and Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University, addressed the topic, “What is a constitutional crisis and are we in one?’’ during Rutgers Democracy Lab’s inaugural event. Read more

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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