Privacy rights have NOT been upset by Congress. Congress IS the government.
the terrorist attacks of September 11
the terrorist attack of 9/11
After the attacks on September 11, 2001:'(
after the attacks on September 11, 2001
privacy rights
APEX! Do you think we should ignore our constitutional rights and let the government take citizens' guns away?
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Congress impeaches the president
no
The US Government treats all holidays equally; they're all marked on US Government calendars.
The Legislative (Congress) and possibly Executive branches would benefit if Congress had the power to nullify US Supreme Court decisions, because their power would then be unchecked by the Judicial branch. Such authority would violate separate powers established by the Constitution to ensure no single branch of government becomes too dominant, and would allow Congress to ignore the Bill of Rights and other Amendments, to the detriment of US residents.
States were not obligated to do anything that Congress asked under the Articles. Congress had no power to force the states to do anything.