WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's broad assertions of power appear to be advancing an aggressive version of a legal doctrine called the "unitary executive" theory that envisions vast ...

I want to take a moment to reiterate and explain an idea I’ve discussed many times here but which is particularly relevant in this moment: all power is unitary. What does this mean? Basically it ...

The surest way to ruin a bipartisan dinner party is to say the words “unitary executive.” Liberals are likely to respond: “To give a president (especially one as capricious as Trump ...

Even if she doesn’t, Trump’s administration appears ready to fire so many federal officials that a legal showdown over the unitary executive is almost certainly inevitable. If Trump prevails ...

Today, there are multiple cases bouncing around the federal courts that will ultimately force the Supreme Court to either fully implement the unitary executive theory, or to try and cabin it ...

The so-called "unitary executive theory" has various iterations but centers on the idea that the Constitution gives the president sole control over the executive branch of government. Its ...

Under the “unitary executive” theory driving the onslaught, the president holds unchecked authority within the executive branch, power that lies outside any constraints from Congress or the ...

President Trump is asserting his power, and one idea that seems to be motivating his actions is the unitary executive theory. But where does this idea come from, and how does it relate to the ...

Much of the litigation surrounding the new Trump administration turns in part on "unitary executive" theory - the idea that the president should have near-total control over the executive branch ...

Oftentimes companies are on the defense in establishing that they are not operating a unitary business to avoid excessive taxation by a State. Yet, there are occasions when companies take the ...