The Justice Department lawyer told the court that the government could fire the daughter of former FBI director even for political reasons.

The court should avoid the middle path of expanding executive power in theory while preserving favored exceptions in practice ...

The 2025-26 Supreme Court term’s first cases on presidential power are shaping up to be a study in contrasts. Last month, when the court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources v. Trump, President ...

Q: Why Do Presidents Seem More Powerful Today, than Historically? A. The powers of the presidency are written in the U.S. Constitution in Article II. Those provisions are unchanged, so in theory the ...

It's long been assumed that legislative actions have more sticking power than executive ones. That's by design. The legislative process is cumbersome and messy, but ultimately it is shaped by 535 ...

President Donald Trump’s use of executive power has sparked a fierce debate among legal scholars: Is he dangerously overstepping his authority, or is he simply following a long-standing presidential ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump‘s firing of board members. The ...

The recent presidential pardons of figures who tried to overturn the 2020 election are part of a broader effort to rewrite one of the most sordid episodes in recent memory. The effort should be ...

From the moment he announced a military strike in Iran, President Trump has called it a "war." Watching missiles fly through the sky and explosions rocking Tehran, it certainly looks like a war. But ...

In April of 1976, Allen J Pakula's "All The President's Men" hit theaters, and a political mantra was born. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN") HAL HOLBROOK: (As Deep Throat) Just follow ...