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

Here’s an irony that took over 700 years to see — British barons limited the power of a king, Americans rebelled against having a king centuries later, and in our times the U.S. Supreme Court sought ...

Ninth Amendment—Unenumerated Rights Crushed by Government Power. The Ninth Amendment affirms that the people retain rights ...

Many of Trump's actions are a direct challenge to the courts and to Congress, the two branches of government designed to act as checks on presidential power. We look at this power dynamic. Over the ...

Yet in a decision last year, the state Supreme Court brushed aside more than two centuries of precedent and arbitrarily ...

In recent decades, philanthropy has increased its investments in policy advocacy to realize strategic objectives in issues ranging from education, climate, and public health to immigration, criminal ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said: "America cannot function if President Trump has to deal with co-equal branches of government having the ability to check his power." However, while ...

Donald Trump is a very successful businessman. He is the aggressive tycoon owner and final decision-maker of his real-estate business. He was also elected president of the United States of America, ...

Re “It’s time for a fourth branch of government” (Ideas, May 4): My response to Josh Lerner and Marjan Ehsassi’s assertion is a heartfelt amen. I believe E.O. Wilson, if only he were still with us, ...