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Inauguration Day is the time set to swear in and welcome the new president and vice president of the United States. It is the day a new president officially takes control of the White House. Although the presidential election takes… Read More

A lot of people don’t really understand the process of impeachment. It is a simple legal process including a formal accusation of wrongdoing, followed by a trial. Impeachment can be brought against many public officials, but the most high-profile cases… Read More

The first half of the 1900s saw a lot of war – including both World War I and World War II. Once the Allied Expeditionary Forces defeated the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) at the end of World War… Read More

The Liberty Bell is one of America’s iconic symbols of liberty. Commission of the bell was ordered by the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1751 to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of William Penn’s Charter of Privileges. The inscription is from Leviticus 25:10… Read More

American presidents can issue pardons to anyone who has been convicted of a federal crime, even for treason or murder. Article II of the U.S. Constitution gives a president “power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United… Read More

Every four years, the United States goes through another presidential election. Most of the time, it probably seems straightforward, but there are a lot of things that have to happen in very specific ways, and sometimes – like with the… Read More

As the head of the executive branch, the president must enforce legislation and, in some cases, Supreme Court decisions favorable to their administration. To meet the office’s demands, hundreds of federal agencies and departments have been created during the many… Read More

While foreign policy did not dominate the 2020 U.S. presidential election, President Donald Trump achieved remarkable success on this file during his term in the Oval Office. Brokering Middle East peace agreements, winding down the number of U.S. troops overseas,… Read More

Usually, presidential elections go smoothly, with a winner being declared immediately after Election Day. But, as we see now in 2020, that isn’t always the case. In fact, there have been several presidential elections throughout the nation’s history that suffered… Read More

The number of registered voters who actually cast votes in elections is called voter turnout – and it is a critical part of the election process. The 2020 presidential election saw record-high voter numbers. What Affects Voter Turnout? Many factors… Read More

Around election time, states are usually called “blue” or “red.” On electoral maps, states are organized by colors to distinguish their voting patterns. Typically, these voting patterns come from trends that have been around for years. Blue stands for the… Read More

Soon after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on September 18, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his pick for Justice Ginsburg’s successor: Amy Coney Barrett. Who is she, and how did she come to be nominated as a Supreme… Read More