Congress expanded the executive—only for Trump to quash much of the administrative state
There is broad agreement among Republicans that the government, particularly the federal bureaucracy, is too bloated for its ...
Townhall12d
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 ...
The Hill7d
More say executive branch, courts have too much power: Survey
The 43 percent of respondents who said they think the executive branch has too much power is 7 points higher than a similar NBC News poll found in 2019. The share who said the judicial branch has ...
Reason24d
Perils of Unitary Executive Theory
Much of the litigation surrounding the new Trump administration turns in part on "unitary executive" theory - the idea that the president should have near-total control over the executive branch ...
The New York Times9d
Courts Defer to Executive Branch Factual Claims. Trump Complicates That.
Courts generally defer to the executive branch’s factual declarations and formal representations about what is happening and why, rather than probing for what may actually be going on.
The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law
Trump’s actions are an attempt to tilt the scales of justice by using the raw power of government coercion—and they’re ...
The Conversation29d
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 ...
City Journal22d
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Restore the President’s Executive Power
Roberts warned that, without the power to remove executive-branch officers, “the President could not be held fully accountable for discharging his own responsibilities; the buck would stop somewhere ...
CBS News5d
Small Business Administration cutting 43% of staff in latest move to downsize executive branch
Ed O'Keefe is CBS News senior White House and political correspondent. He previously worked for The Washington Post covering presidential campaigns, Congress and federal agencies. His primary ...
The Globe and Mail6d
Trump’s disdain for the judiciary, an entire branch of government, is abundantly clear
Congress writes laws, the judiciary interprets those laws, and the executive branch enforces them. This separation of powers is a product of 18th-century Enlightenment thought developed by the ...
Politico26d
National Dems sue over Trump executive order they say could weaponize FEC
National Democrats sued Friday to stave off what they say could be President Donald Trump’s destruction of impartial campaign finance regulation by the Federal Election Commission. The ...
USA Today11d
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 ...