Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works
Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...
The Radical Legal Theories That Could Fuel a Constitutional Crisis
An increasingly influential group of conservative scholars has some drastic ideas about the president’s power.
Is the U.S. in a constitutional crisis? Nevada political science lecturer explains
A political science lecturer explains what a constitutional crisis means, if the U.S. is in one and how it could affect Nevadans.
A Rupture on the Right Over Prosecutors, Politics and the Rule of Law
Differing interpretations of Attorney General Robert H. Jackson’s classic 1940 speech, “The Federal Prosecutor,” figured in ...
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Playbook: Trump’s narrative shift
And the stakes are high: Ultimately, the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority has “the potential to shift the balance of power laid out in Article I of the Constitution,” WaPo’s Tony ...