The framers of the U.S. Constitution famously divided power among three branches of government so that, as James Madison explained in Federalist 51, the "constituent parts may, by their mutual ...

The Nevada Supreme Court has a history of massaging the law to protect the state’s political elites — allowing lawmakers to ignore the two-thirds requirement for tax hikes, neutering term limits and ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency may be hogging all the headlines, but it is the steps Trump has taken to restore the Constitution’s original understanding of the ...

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 to ...

Last week, the Supreme Court denied President Trump’s request to block payment of $2 billion that Congress had already designated, or “appropriated,” for foreign aid. Courts are correct to be ...

When James Madison was in his study in his Montpelier home, working out his ideas for the government that he would present to the Constitutional Convention this week (May 29) in 1787, he realized the ...

It was a cool day in early April in Washington, and President Donald Trump was gearing up to declare another state of emergency. The nation's trade deficit was too high, he said, and fentanyl ...

House Speaker Tim Moore speaks with House Speaker-Designate Destin Hall during debate on a bill at the General Assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. Ran Coble, president emeritus of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Once again, President ...