Within the separation of powers, each of the three branches of government has “checks and balances” over the other two. For instance, Congress makes the laws, but the President can veto them ...

The chief instrument of limitation is the separation of powers, the brainchild of James Madison. The late Justice Antonin Scalia called the separation of powers the most unique and freedom ...

Separation of Powers is a fixture of the federal constitutional system even as its contours are uncertain and contested. The theory envisions three principal powers of government—legislative ...

Trump's trade war thus usurps the constitutional authority of Congress in violation of the separation of powers. The U.S. Supreme Court has confronted this sort of executive malfeasance before and ...

Whenever this case is considered on the merits on appeal, it will provide another opportunity to bolster the separation of powers and deliver a blow for a more accountable federal administrative ...