At an NYU Law Forum on October 22, former government officials and constitutional law scholars examined the current state of ...

Hamilton carried the day with his “strong, energetic presidency.” But he and all the other principal Founders agreed that the ...

Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive and judicial branches provide balance and prevent each other from growing ...

President Donald Trump has challenged our system of checks and balances. He shows little appreciation for Congress and the ...

On June 24, a letter writer offers a shallow history lesson before declaring, “Protesting a king in 2025 is not just absurd; it’s a willful distortion of reality.” He justifies his claim by pointing ...

Among the many pressing issues facing Americans today, such as the cost of living and health care, is a founding one: checks and balances. A new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute found ...

Not long before the internet, a traveling salesperson peered through the trailer house door at my unkempt hair and Coke-bottle glasses and told my parents that this boy would need a set of ...

Public expectations of presidents often exceed their formal powers, leading them to stretch executive authority. Trump, like other presidents, uses constitutional, statutory, and emergency powers to ...