Does Donald Trump have the power to suspend a foundational legal right to challenge a person’s arrest and detention? Americans have long debated whether the president or Congress can do this.
- Foundation Professor of History, Arizona State University
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama had used a long-standing Senate practice to block military promotions.
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is using a long-standing Senate practice to block military promotions.
The new Congress is divided into a GOP Senate and Democratic House. History provides a glimpse of what this could mean: Democrats hold the power to investigate, if not to legislate.
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