The phrase has popped up recently in national news. What does ‘constitutional crisis’ really mean? And are we in the midst of ...

ON CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENTS: Thanks to all who emailed in to suggest Franklin D. Roosevelt had a more impactful start to his presidency than the latest iteration of Donald J. Trump, per the question ...

The recent injunction issued by Judge John Coughenour of the Western District of Washington represents the second judicial ...

The newly approved legislation, consisting of five chapters and 32 articles, will take effect from March 1 this year. The ...

A U.S. Supreme Court decision more than two centuries ago grants the federal courts power to decide if laws and orders ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump administration wants to end it.

But it was the Romans who developed a working model of checks and balances. The constitution of the Roman republic was ...

Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...

If President Donald Trump and his cronies wish to change our laws, they can try, but they must do so by legal means.

Amid the flood of executive orders issued from the White House on Jan. 20, one is especially misguided, both in legal and policy terms: Beginning in 30 days, the order ...