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 ...

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 ...

The war between President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Robert Mueller rages on. Mueller continues to methodologically pick off Trump’s former allies: Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, and Michael ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Most surprisingly to me, the court ...

During oral argument in the Trump immunity case, Justice Kavanaugh articulated a strong understanding of the "clear statement" rule. Under this principle, statutes should be read to not apply to the ...

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 ...

Separation of Powers is a fixture of the federal constitutional system even as its contours are uncertain and contested. The theory envisions three principal powers of government—legislative, ...

Federal courts have ruled that President Donald Trump did not have legal authority to impose his worldwide “Liberation Day” tariffs, nor his earlier tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. Trump and his ...

When I teach comparative politics courses, I often ask students to compare the relative benefits and drawbacks of America’s presidential system with the U.K.’s parliamentary model. In response, ...

Congress expressly prohibited the secretary of education from “abolishing organizational entities established” in the department’s founding statute without following prescribed steps. Those actions ...

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the ministry of law and justice and the ministry of parliamentary affairs on two identical petitions impugning the 27th Constitutional ...