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The Case for Reforming the Electoral Count Act – Part 2

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Rick Pildes of NYU Law and Michael McConnell of Stanford Law, co-authors of a piece for Election Law Blog called “Why Congress should swiftly enact the Senate’s bipartisan ECA reform bill,” join host Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the pros and cons of the bill. Listen now

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Blame Abraham Lincoln for the Nation’s First National Income Tax

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

"Most people aren’t big fans of a national income tax, but it was on August 5, 1861, that the first one was levied by the new President, Abraham Lincoln. It only lasted 10 years, and many people thought it would never return. ..." Read more

The Declaration of Independence is Officially Signed

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

"August 2, 1776, is one of the most important but least celebrated days in American history when 56 members of the Second Continental Congress started signing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. ..." Read more

2022-2023 Civic Calendar

The National Constitution Center's Civic Calendar is Coming Soon!

This year’s calendar will explore the 27 Amendments in 12 Months! Each month highlights the freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights, the transformations of the Reconstruction era, the expansion of voting rights, the story of Prohibition (and its repeal), and other rights and freedoms, all granted by the amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The calendar includes historic birthdays and anniversaries, constitutional trivia, and more!

Constitutional Text of the Week

Article II, Section 1

"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector."

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