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You seem to be assuming that the President resigning means the Vice President starts a new four-year term. That's not how it works: if the President resigns, the Vice President serves out the term, bu …

No, they are not. Under the Hatch Act, 5 U.S. Code § 7323, (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), an employee may take an active part in political management or in political campaigns, exce …

Yes, a bill exists only during the Congress in which it was introduced. I'm not actually aware of a provision in the rules saying this, so you'll have to settle for the Clerk of the House of Represent …

The premise of the question is wrong: An action can certainly be unconstitutional even if no court has ruled it is. For instance, courts are willing to call hypothetical acts unconstitutional if it he …

No, they have different things. The Congressional Record, as its name suggests, is a record of congressional matters. It has things like transcripts of floor speeches and committee proceedings. The Fe …

Most classified info in the US is National Security Information, and classification procedures are defined in Executive Order 13526. Section 1.4 is the categories of classifiable info, and (b) and (d) …

Yes. Congress has the power to issue subpoenas, and refusal is a crime. They are mandatory by default, and not appearing is only acceptable in special cases.

Tinker was filed under 42 USC 1983, which establishes liability for deprivation of constitutional rights under color of law. Money is not the only thing lawsuits are brought for; Tinker was seeking in …

It means the commander is removed from their position in command of the unit, and transferred to a lower-key job where they can't do much damage. Actually firing an officer (in the sense of "they no l …

With the exception of states with only one representative, this does not currently happen. As a general rule, it cannot happen unless Congress changes federal law. The Constitution grants Congress the …

Lawsuits would be filed in a US court; US courts look to US law to decide if they have jurisdiction, so if US law gives them jurisdiction then they have it. There would likely be no jury; the Foreign …

Time zones. Kentucky and Indiana, like several other states, are split between two time zones. When a state is split between time zones, polls throughout the state can either close at the same time or …

If I understand correctly Facebook didn't break any laws (all users accepted an agreement which basically gave away their data to Facebook forever) and therefore Congress shouldn't be involved in t …

No. The 2018 shutdown is just a partial shutdown, because Congress has already passed the appropriations for several departments through the end of fiscal year 2019. Defense is one of these department …

The President-Elect would be sworn in on January 20 and assume the office of President. They could choose to step down (and the VP-elect would take the office), but they do not have to.