In August 2025, Texas governor Greg Abbott called a special session of the state legislature to deal with several issues, including a ban on cannabis
Category: Presidential Powers
I’m the Boss (Part 2)
The US government has three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial. We use the analogy of the rock-paper-scissors game to show how the Framers of the Constitution
When the Constitution Works
What’s a constitution for, anyway? What good does one do? What use is it?
States vs. the Federal Government: Is Supremacy a New Fault Line?
In response to recent events, we want to explore a different clause in the Constitution—the Supremacy Clause—and raise the question: is this aspect of our government another fault line? Or is it actually solid bedrock that should remain unchanged?
The King is Dead
Why do we wait roughly eleven weeks between our presidential election on the first Tuesday of November and Inauguration Day on January 20 to switch from the outgoing occupant of the White House to the newcomer?
Two Versions of Fault Lines in the Constitution!
We are thrilled to announce that there are now two ways to read Fault Lines in the Constitution—the text version from Peachtree Publishing Company and the graphic novel from First Second Books/Macmillan
Fault Lines in the Constitution 