The United States Constitution protects members of the United States Congress through the Speech and Debate Clause of Article I

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John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald served as mayor of Boston and as a member of the United States Congress

Major changes to the United States Social Security program require bipartisan support to pass through Congress

The Supreme Court in Trump v. United States addressed whether a president could face criminal charges for official presidential conduct

The United States Constitution establishes legislative oversight and judicial review as institutional checks against executive branch misconduct

In McDonnell v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled an official act requires a pending matter and a formal decision or action

Under McDonnell v. United States, an official act does not require a final decision and can include preliminary administrative actions

Applying federal criminal bribery statutes to political negotiations risks creating constitutional vagueness and due process violations

Social Security trust fund reserves are projected to be depleted in 2032 if the United States Congress enacts no legislative fixes

United States congressional budget reconciliation rules explicitly prohibit the passage of legislation altering Social Security with a simple majority

Footnote three in Trump v. United States addressed the admissibility of public record evidence in a bribery prosecution of a former president

Mark Zuckerberg testified before the United States Congress and attended a closed hearing with the European Parliament

Under the United States Constitution, each house of Congress is the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members

Convicting United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a Senate impeachment trial requires a two-thirds supermajority vote

The United States Supreme Court ruled on congressional redistricting in the case Louisiana v. Callais

Following a disputed 1996 congressional election in California, the United States House Committee on Oversight identified 784 invalid votes from individuals registered illegally

An impeachment resolution was introduced in Congress against Pete Hegseth

Mike Rogers served as the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

United States federal courts of appeals have consistently upheld the constitutionality of federal child sexual abuse material statutes applied to digitally morphed imagery depicting identifiable, real children

In United States v. Anderegg, the district court declined to extend Stanley v. Georgia First Amendment protections to charges of producing or distributing obscene imagery depicting imaginary children

Following Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, the United States Congress passed the federal child obscenity statute criminalizing obscene, sexually explicit depictions of real or imaginary children