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The Electoral College’s Role in the 2024 Election

by Scott Bomboy

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, voters from around the country will complete the process of choosing electors who will pick the next…

The Electoral College’s Role in the 2024 Election
Five little-known men who almost became president

by Scott Bomboy

What do Benjamin Wade, Willie P. Mangum and John Nance Garner all have in common? If not for a last-second decision, or a twist of…

Five little-known men who almost became president
The forgotten man who almost became President after Lincoln

by NCC Staff

On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died from his assassin’s wounds. But if John Wilkes Booth’s plot were entirely…

The forgotten man who almost became President after Lincoln
On this day, government begins under our Constitution

by NCC Staff

It was on this day in 1789 that the federal government started to operate under the terms of the U.S. Constitution, as the…

On this day, government begins under our Constitution
10 people who very nearly became president

by NCC Staff

Constitution Daily looks at two “what if” scenarios that would have given us 10 different Presidents through history. What…

10 people who very nearly became president
What happens on Inauguration Day

by Scott Bomboy

On Wednesday, Joseph R. Biden Jr. becomes the 46th President of the United States. Here is a look at some facts about the…

What happens on Inauguration Day
A List of Electoral College Count Resources

by Scott Bomboy

On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, Congress will meet as required by the Constitution to certify the winner of the presidential…

A List of Electoral College Count Resources
The Constitution and contested presidential elections

by Scott Bomboy

The Electoral College is a uniquely American institution and no stranger to controversy. But legally contested presidential…

The Constitution and contested presidential elections
Does the Constitution allow for a delayed presidential election?

by Scott Bomboy

As America battles the COVID-19 virus, speculation has started that a prolonged public health crisis could delay or even postpone…

Does the Constitution allow for a delayed presidential election?
How the 20th Amendment made lame-duck sessions less lame

by NCC Staff

One of the most important, but least discussed, constitutional amendments made government more responsive by greatly shorting the…

How the 20th Amendment made lame-duck sessions less lame
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