The framers of the Constitution feared too much centralized power, adopting the philosophy of divide and conquer. At the national level, they created three different branches of government to ...

–The court ruling Thursday night by U.S. District Judge JAMES BREDAR, a Baltimore-based judge appointed by former President ...

Our Declaration of Independence was written in response to the many impositions of an abusive English king. The resistance did not originate at that time but began 560 years before. The Magna Carta ...

Kentucky has what is known as a “hard” separation of powers in our state Constitution. We have three branches of government intended to be coequal, and the construction of statutes ...

The chief instrument of limitation is the separation of powers, the brainchild of James Madison ... separation so as to ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New ...

The framers of the Constitution created a radically new system of government featuring three equal but separate branches — ...

Resolves legal disputes between private parties, between private parties and the government, and between different branches of government. Checks the Legislature: Strikes down laws that are ...