Trump’s Clash with the Courts Raises Prospect of Showdown over Separation of Powers

Clawing Back Power One Step At A Time

The U.S. Constitution outlines the three branches of government.

David Shribman: The keys to the kingdom are in moderates' pockets

An aggressive administration fires federal employees, changes geographical names and appoints a vaccine skeptic to high office. Opponents of the president challenge many of his initiatives in court. The executive branch defies court orders. The House minority leader stages a…

Originalism, the administrative state, and the clash of political theories

When liberals hear conservatives say that the president should have total control over the executive branch, what they often hear is that the president should be a unitary lawmaker. That explains why one New York Times journalist erroneously described unitary…

Trump Is Tired of Courts Telling Him He’s Breaking the Law

Beneath the technical arguments at the Supreme Court last week was an effort to take away one of the only really effective legal tools for reining in the executive branch.

Bill Kaplan: Undermining the Constitution and the judiciary

Trump has launched a multipronged assault on the Constitution, including the judiciary.

SCOTUS Oral Argument In Nationwide Injunction Case Illustrates Courts’ Coup Against Trump

By reverse-engineering the cases, the lower courts are ignoring what should be the initial questions of standing, jurisdiction, and in some cases even the merits.