Townhall8d
Judicial Overreach and the Separation of Powers: Why Judges Cannot Run the Executive Branch
The judiciary exists to interpret laws and ensure they comply with the Constitution. If the executive branch were to violate the constitutional rights of individuals—for example, by attempting ...
USA Today7d
Trump can't erase the Education Department with an executive order. Here's why.
Trump has argued the executive branch has leeway to cut or redirect spending to save money or make government more efficient. More: Government shutdown blame game: Why Schumer, Senate Democrats ...
The Conversation25d
Trump’s claims of vast presidential powers run up against Article 2 of the Constitution and exceed previous presidents’ power grabs
Trump. Historians differ about the framers’ precise intent regarding the executive branch. But the general consensus is twofold: First, domestic lawmaking power, including the critical “power ...
Washington Examiner29d
Trump to dismantle USPS board and put agency under umbrella of executive branch
President Donald Trump is reportedly eyeing moving mail service under the executive branch and dismantling the United States Postal Service board. Trump, who has already made several changes to ...
The New York Times25d
This Theory Is Behind Trump’s Power Grab
Mr. Trump is operating under the theory that the executive branch is unitary, in the sense that Article II of the Constitution places executive power in a single person, the president, who gets to ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel11d
West Virginia House of Delegates passes Morrisey’s executive branch reorganization bills
Reid-Smith retired effective Feb. 14. Morrisey first proposed his executive branch consolidation plan in January during two press conferences after taking office on Jan. 13. HB 2008 originally ...
Talking Points Memo25d
As Trump Marauds Through Executive Branch, SCOTUS May—MAY—Have A Red Line
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Talking Points Memo27d
Judicial Branch Instructs Employees To Ignore Mass DOGE Email
The Saturday DOGE email marks another intrusion by the executive branch on the staid, closed-off world of the judicial branch. In this case, it featured the Trump administration telling judiciary ...
Pew Research Center4d
What the data says about the U.S. Department of Education
The Education Department is the main conduit for federal aid to public K-12 schools and a major lender to college students.
Slate29d
Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday
Accordingly, in the U.S., as in virtually all modern states, law is made and interpreted not only by the legislature and the courts, but also by a multitude of executive branch officials applying ...
Checks and balances? 43% say executive branch has too much power: Poll
President Trump is ramping up his attacks on a federal judge at the center of a fight over deportation flights. This comes ...
The New York Times7d
With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch
We cannot have the executive branch ignoring the orders of the judicial branch.” On Saturday, the Trump administration claimed authority under the Alien Enemies Act to immediately deport any ...