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 ...

Earlier this month, I filed suit against the U.S. Treasury to preserve Missouri's ability to cut taxes, ensuring that the federal government is kept in check—and illustrating the importance of the ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is one in a series examining the Constitution and Federalist Papers in today’s America. In his book, “The Spirit of Laws,” the Baron de Montesquieu laid out a path forward for the ...

Regarding our Supreme Court, I am, once again, puzzled by our country’s claim that we have “separation of powers,” with checks and balances. Considering that the executive branch (listening to Mitch ...

Millions of Americans opposed to President Trump’s attacks on our Constitution, democracy and the rule of law are expected to ...

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration's eviction moratorium extension. In a 6–3 ruling, the Court held that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) doesn't have ...

President Donald Trump has unilaterally imposed tariffs on much of the world. Yet the authority to impose tariffs is nowhere to be found in Article II of the Constitution, which is where the limited ...

[This is the third post in my series on my mission to Israel. You can read Parts I and II.] With that caveat in mind, I will describe my admittedly crude crash course into the Israeli separation of ...

"Life, Liberty & Levin" host Mark Levin juxtaposed the constitutional checks and balances republicanism of the Founding Fathers with Democrats’ attempts to centralize all power in the name of ...