President Donald Trump‘s new wave of firings at independent agencies could spark another legal firestorm over his attempts to leverage his executive branch power. Consumer Product Safety ...

The judiciary exists to interpret laws and ensure they comply with the Constitution. If the executive branch were to violate the constitutional rights of individuals—for example, by attempting ...

And despite coming into office with such power vested in the executive, President Donald Trump has overseen an aggressive effort to slash his own branch, to the relief of conservatives in Congress.

While siding with Abrego Garcia, the court told Xinis to clarify the order's requirement to "effectuate" his return "with due regard for the deference owed to the executive branch in the conduct ...

Roberts warned that, without the power to remove executive-branch officers, “the President could not be held fully accountable for discharging his own responsibilities; the buck would stop somewhere ...

“Historians differ about the framers’ precise intent regarding the executive branch,” writes Claire B. Wofford, an associate professor of political science at the College of Charleston.

Trump’s approach signals that power has been diverted away from Congress and that the executive branch is assuming increased lawmaking authority — a trend that will likely continue into future ...

President Donald Trump responded to a D.C. federal judge’s injunction against the abrupt arrest and transport of hundreds of foreigners out of the U.S. by posting these remarks: “This Radical ...

Some of Trump’s executive orders push the legal boundaries of what the executive branch can and cannot implement. On his first day back to the Oval Office, Trump signed an executive order to end ...

His administration has done this most clearly in its comprehensive elimination of legal and norm-based checks inside the executive branch, its systematic disrespect of judicial process ...

They were far more concerned about excessive congressional strength, worrying it might muscle out the executive and the ... the first branch has done essentially nothing. This willful passivity ...

The powers of the legislative branch are listed in Article I of the Constitution, while the powers of the president and the executive branch are listed in Article II. (The judiciary is in Article ...