This past year, the Tennessee House Elections and Campaign Finance Subcommittee (“the Subcommittee”) killed a bill that would allow candidates to use their campaign funds to pay for childcare.[1] Republican […]
The framers granted Congress the exclusive power of the purse. The Constitution states “[n]o money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”[1] More […]
Last summer, I worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Truman Morrison, a Senior Judge in the District of Columbia and former Chair of the Board of Directors at […]
During the late nineteenth century, the United States sought to dismantle Native American sovereign nations through a property grab-and-sale known as land allocation.[1] The General Allotment Act, or Dawes Act,[2] […]
The United States Presidential Line of Succession includes a ceremonial position and should be changed. Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the United States Constitution expressly gives Congress the […]
On July 1, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Taxpayer First Act of 2019, a breakthrough for taxpayer whistleblowers. This Act provides substantive protections for taxpayer whistleblowers including an […]