Congress and the president are answerable to the voters. The life-tenured judiciary is not. The purpose of an independent ...

This separation of powers might seem like an abstract concept that needlessly makes it difficult for government to act. For example, many agree with the president’s desire to cut federal spending.

The justices on Wednesday will review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that struck down as ...

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 ...

Wanting Donald Trump to smack his political rivals with the equivalent of Andrew Jackson’s hickory stick raises some serious ...

If the executive branch were to violate the constitutional rights of individuals—for example ... a serious threat to the constitutional separation of powers. If the United States is to remain ...

Newly appointed interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba is being ridiculed for criticizing judges blocking executive orders, saying "separation of powers" should prevent ...

Republicans called the request a non-starter. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) even described it as “a violation of separation of powers.” Trump was able to bully enough Republican holdouts ...

The administration lawyers defend Trump's freeze orders, writing, "Such directives are plainly lawful, and the district court's interference with them poses grave separation-of-powers problems." ...