In just a few days, Donald Trump appeared to lay waste to decades-long American efforts to crack down on public and private corruption within the U.S. and abroad with a series of actions that ...

The failure of formal checks and balances to significantly stymie Trump is painfully clear. It is also not unprecedented. As ...

The principle of "checks and balances" is rooted in the Constitution's design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches. It's been fundamental to American democracy for more ...

A smaller government would not necessarily protect American democracy from Trump. It’s easy to look at President Donald Trump ...

Bruce Springsteen said, “The last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are the people, you and me. It’s in the union of people around a common set of values ...

Does Israel have this? Not really. In Israel, the Attorney General serves as both the chief prosecutor and the government’s ...

The second Trump administration has made a determined effort to strengthen presidential power and reduce oversight of the ...

The Morena party controls most of Mexico’s government. Its sway over the Supreme Court is set to increase after a judicial ...

An “underdeveloped” bill that allows the government to assume control of privately owned land without consent or compensation ...