Ella Hall, a specialist in Books and Manuscripts at Sotheby's, in New York, holds a 1787 printed copy of the U.S. Constitution, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. | Richard Drew This separation of powers might ...

Last week, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority authorized President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. In another shadow docket ruling that lacks legal precedent, ...

The judiciary exists to interpret laws and ensure they comply with the Constitution. If the executive branch were to violate the constitutional rights of individuals—for example, by attempting to ...

From day to day, Donald Trump’s second term often seems like a roman candle of grievance, with the administration spraying attacks in all directions on institutions and individuals the president ...

The U.S. Constitution was crafted in 1787 both to establish a new central government and to limit it. Some of the limitations are direct, some are subtle and some are hidden. The chief instrument of ...

Federal courts have ruled that President Donald Trump did not have legal authority to impose his worldwide “Liberation Day” tariffs, nor his earlier tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. Trump and his ...

Vittorio Bufacchi is affiliated with the Labour Party in Ireland. In the four weeks since he was inaugurated for his second term as US president, Donald Trump has issued dozens of executive orders – ...

Anne Kim and Garrett Epps discuss the foundational concepts of U.S. democracy, focusing on the separation of powers and the emerging threat of the "unitary executive" theory. They also discuss the ...

On Monday Dec. 1, the state Senate State Government Committee considered Senate Bill S4924, presented as an efficiency measure to consolidate investigative functions by transferring the ...