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

The failure of formal checks and balances to significantly stymie Trump is painfully clear. It is also not unprecedented. As Lisa Miller illustrates, checks and balances have been routinely weaponized ...

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

The federal government is phasing out paper checks this fall in favor of electronic payments. A March executive order from President Donald Trump, set to take effect this fall, directs the ...

Following mass protests that broke out over the weekend in Los Angeles, stars are speaking out and calling out the federal government's response.

The principle of "checks and balances" is rooted in the Constitution's design of a national government with three ... suspended habeas corpus, allowing federal authorities to arrest and hold ...

The League of Women Voters of Indiana County invites members of the public to the presentation “Constitutional Checks and Balances ... and other Article III federal courts in our democracy.