by Epoch Edge Press | Jul 6, 2026 | Political Events
Here is the Insurrection Act explained in one paragraph: it is a set of statutes, dating to 1792 and last meaningfully revised in 1871, that lets a president deploy the U.S. military inside the United States to suppress rebellion, enforce federal law, or protect...
by Epoch Edge Press | Jul 2, 2026 | Political Events
The designated survivor is a cabinet officer deliberately kept away from the Capitol during events like the State of the Union, so that if a catastrophe killed the President, Vice President, and congressional leadership, someone in the line of succession would survive...
by Epoch Edge Press | Jun 29, 2026 | Political Events
A contingent election is the constitutional backup that decides the presidency when no candidate wins an Electoral College majority (270 of 538 electoral votes). When that happens, the U.S. House of Representatives picks the president and the Senate picks the vice...
by Epoch Edge Press | Jun 24, 2026 | Political Events
Can a member of the Electoral College vote against the candidate their state chose? The short answer: sometimes, but it almost never matters — and since 2020 the Supreme Court has made clear that states can stop it. Still, the very fact that the question has a...
by Epoch Edge Press | Jun 24, 2026 | Political Events
What happens if a sitting president becomes unable to do the job—suddenly, in the middle of a crisis? The short answer: the 25th Amendment provides a process, but it was written for clarity in calm times, not for chaos. It tells us who takes over and how power...
by Michael Fedor | Jul 1, 2024 | Political Events, Political Fiction
When I resumed work on my new political thriller novel last year, I did so again with a joint intention to inform and shock my readers. I did not realize when I finished the book this past April that my story would include events that so clearly echo the stormy...
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