Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief, on the president’s efforts to stretch America’s war powers—and lawmakers’ ...

Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive ...

At an NYU Law Forum on October 22, former government officials and constitutional law scholars examined the current state of ...

The New York Times Editorial Board has criticized the Supreme Court for failing to adequately restrain President Trump's ...

This op-ed is part of a series laying out a cross-partisan vision to restore congressional authority as outlined in Article I of the Constitution and protect our system of checks and balances. Our ...

I thought President Donald Trump’s record of felony convictions for fraud and sexual assault, impeachments, economy-busting tariffs, slashing medical and food benefits for the needy, pardoning ...

Ours is a system of "checks and balances." The president can do this or that, but the courts and Congress can put a stop to it (depending on the circumstances and relevant rules). When the courts rule ...

I cannot continue to sit by and watch and read what is happening because of the President of the United States. I find it unacceptable that Congress is not acting. The President of the United ...

The president can do this or that, but the courts and Congress can put a stop to it (depending on the circumstances and relevant rules). When the courts rule that the executive branch can’t do ...