The Trump administration wants a judicial showdown over independent agencies. The history is muddled—and the consequences ...

He applauds what he sees as Trump’s revision of the executive branch, bringing it closer to what it was intended to be. “It’s ...

We welcome diverse viewpoints. When the Founding Fathers wrote the U.S. Constitution, they envisioned three distinct branches of government; legislative, executive and judiciary. These were ...

a president can order the federal government to take any steps that are within the scope of the constitutional authority of the executive branch and do not violate any federal law.

Accordingly, in the U.S., as in virtually all modern states, law is made and interpreted not only by the legislature and the courts, but also by a multitude of executive branch officials applying ...

and that the executive branch has every right to look into government agencies like those dealing with education and Medicaid, "Congress has to do their work." Late Thursday night, Balderson's ...

That theory holds that the president has absolute authority over the executive branch. As the president put it bluntly on social media last week, “He who saves his Country does not violate any ...

It reads: The President and the Attorney General, subject to the President’s supervision and control, shall provide authoritative interpretations of law for the executive branch. The President ...

Although experts say the House fetal personhood bill is unlikely to pass, this hypocrisy between the legislative and executive branches, both controlled by the same party, can’t be ignored.

OIRA oversees executive branch regulations, while the newly created DOGE aims to eliminate government waste, fraud and spending. The order comes as the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled against ...

But support for independence has smacked up against a theory long popular within conservative legal circles that a president should have near complete control over the executive branch and the ...

“They would like a Supreme Court ruling that further solidifies executive branch authority over the agencies.” Under the order, the White House Office of Management and Budget would set ...