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Syracuse University professor Thomas Keck spoke by phone about the history of efforts to pack the Supreme Court.

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the question “Should the Supreme Court be expanded?”

A panel of historians discussed the ways white settlers, federal troops, and Native Americans interacted and challenges these groups faced on the Western Frontier. Topics included gender…

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) spoke at the Heritage Foundation about Republican legislative priorities…

Historians, journalists, and scholars talked about the history and future of birthright citizenship and immigration policy since Reconstruction.

Robert Dunham of the Death Penalty Information Center discussed the use of the death penalty across the U.S. California became the latest state to put a moratorium on the practice.

This program was about women’s struggles to win the vote and about the lead up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Speakers were Dawn Langan Teele, author of Forging the Franchise: The Political…

Sheri Johnson, the attorney for death row petitioner Curtis Flowers in Flowers v. Mississippi, spoke to reporters outside the Supreme Court after oral argument in the case. At issue were…

Brooklyn College Professor KC Johnson taught a class on Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon’s Supreme Court nominations. He described Johnson’s plan to fill the bench with liberal…

John Tinker, one of the co-petitioners in the Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines, talked about the 50th anniversary of the landmark case on student free speech.On February 24, 1969, the Court…

Fifty years ago, on February 24, 1969, the Supreme Court decided in Tinker v. Des Moines that students do not lose their First Amendment rights on school grounds. The court ruled in favor…

American History TV visited the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia to learn about the life and legacy of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States, who served…

John Marini of the Claremont Institute talked about his book, Unmasking the Administrative State, in which he argued that the three branches of government’s power have been usurped by what he calls the…

Author and Virginia Commonwealth University history professor emeritus Melvin Urofsky described the constitutional issues the Supreme Court faced during World War I. He was introduced by…

Jeffrey Rosen spoke by phone about the Founding Fathers' intent when establishing the three co-equal branches of government.

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the question “Are the three branches of government equal?”

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen outlined her 2019 priorities for the agency at an event hosted by Auburn University in Washington, D.C. Following her speech, Secretary Nielsen spoke with…

The Brookings Institution held a discussion to examine ways to make changes to the criminal justice system’s use of fees, finesm and bail. Experts and advocates in this panel focused on the…

The Brookings Institution held a discussion to examine ways to make changes to the criminal justice system’s use of fees, fines, and bail. Experts and advocates in this panel focused on the…

The House Natural Resources subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples of the United States held a hearing on the high rates of missing and murdered indigenous women across the country. Witnesses,…