“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Can the president simply shut down Congress on a whim? Some people think he has this power. As one commenter put it in a Facebook post, “Article 2 Section 3 during extraordinary circumstances the president can send Congress away.” This demonstrates how...
As has been widely reported, House Speaker John Boehner has invited Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu to address the U.S. Congress. If Congress does host the speech, would it be unconstitutional? Peter Spiro at Opinio Juris suggests that it would. I agree....
