There are many good reasons our government is based on three “separate but equal branches.” The men who wrote our Constitution 250 years ago had just fought a bloody war against an incredibly powerful ...

OPINION: It is impossible to think of a major military action that has been so poorly justified to Congress and the public as ...

Checks and balances, our teachers taught us, were America's ace in the hole. Human beings are highly fallible and easily ...

The U.S. Constitution is still often spoken of largely in reverential tones, be they genuine or fake. In fact, it has been shrouded in clouds of glory for so long, many progressives and leftists who ...

FILE - A person holds a copy of the Constitution of the United States of America and Declaration of Independence at a May Day rally for the Rule of Law, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, ...

At year’s end, we lament the decline of constitutionalism — respect for and adherence to the separation of powers, checks and ...

President Donald Trump’s authoritarian assault on America’s constitutional democracy, as unbearable to the naked eye as watching an eclipse, has proceeded at a pace that has shocked academic experts ...

During 35 years with the Department of Justice, I helped investigate and prosecute murderers, mobsters, gang members, drug dealers, white collar criminals, and corrupt public officials and law ...

The Kansas Legislature overrode a record number of Governor Kelly's vetoes in the 2025 session, raising concerns about the balance of power. The legislative supermajority's ability to override vetoes ...

ATLANTA — It’s what one historian calls an “elaborate, clunky machine,” one that’s been fundamental to American democracy for more than two centuries. The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted ...