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Does Congress Even Want Power Anymore?

The Republican majority has let Trump do pretty much anything he wants—even when it tramples on Congress’s authority.
Trump has spent the first year of his second term pushing the limits of presidential power. He’s the latest in a long line of ...
A Republican lawmaker has introduced a new bill to Congress that would curb President Donald Trump ’s executive powers.
We are taught that our government is composed of three branches: executive,legislative and judicial. Purposefully designed, ...
While some Republicans voted against Trump on Obamacare subsidies and a War Powers Resolution, his power over the party ...
OP-ED. For the first time, a US president has openly claimed to have kept Congress in the dark about his decision out of an ...
The start of a new year is traditionally a time to reflect on past failures and make resolutions for doing better. Here’s a ...
The second, perhaps somewhat less appreciated but no less significant, is the Supreme Court’s ascent—its expansion of its ...
Maduro being gone is a victory for Trump and the nation, but executive action must not bypass Congress’s power to declare war ...
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen asked state lawmakers for support Wednesday in making “difficult” changes ...
Congress should resolve to start asserting their rightful role as a separate and coequal branch of government.
As the Supreme Court wrapped up its term last June, USA Today ran an op-ed entitled, “Do you think the Supreme Court is ...