The War Powers Act (War Powers Resolution of 1973). Intending to limit the President’s authority to wage war and reasserted its authority over foreign wars. It was prompted by news leaking out that President Nixon conducted secret bombings of Cambodia …
Month: May 2024
Could The United States Go Bankrupt?
One of my readers ask me the other day “Could the United States go bankrupt?”
The short answer is: Absolutely. Yes. The United States defaulted on some or all of its debt in 1790, 1833, 1861, and 1979.
The long …
Article V
Article V of the Constitution says how the Constitution can be amended—that is, how provisions can be added to the text of the Constitution. The Constitution is not easy to amend: only twenty-seven amendments have been added to the Constitution …