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The Power Of Presidential Pardons: Ron's Office Hours

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The Power Of Presidential Pardons: Ron's Office Hours

February 26, 2019 • NPR's Ron Elving explains the history of the pardon, where it comes from and what the Constitution allows.

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WATCH: What Does It Take To Impeach A President?

August 23, 2018 • No president of the United States has ever been removed from office by impeachment. But efforts to impeach presidents date back to the 1840s.

If A Rule Is Unwritten, Is It Really A Rule?

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If A Rule Is Unwritten, Is It Really A Rule?

May 7, 2018 • Congress has many rules and precedents that are documented on paper. But what about those traditions and folkways that persist unwritten?

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Repeal The Second Amendment? That's Not So Simple. Here's What It Would Take

March 1, 2018 • The Founding Fathers were willing to be edited, it seems, but they did not want it to be easy. So they made the amending process a steep uphill climb, requiring a clear national consensus to succeed.