Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works
Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...
A Rupture on the Right Over Prosecutors, Politics and the Rule of Law
Differing interpretations of Attorney General Robert H. Jackson’s classic 1940 speech, “The Federal Prosecutor,” figured in ...
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President Trump is testing the limits of 'emergency' powers — again
President Trump has declared multiple national emergencies since taking office. That's helping him act quickly. There are few ...
Column: I’m glad Trump and the courts are squaring up. We’re overdue for a civics lesson
The media’s predictable shrieks and howls of “constitutional crisis” notwithstanding, we are in the throes of a grand ...
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Oligarchy in the open: What happens now as the U.S. is forced to confront its plutocracy problem?
Professors Archon Fung of Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School say Trump’s brazen embrace of billionaire ruling partners could be an inflection point in America’s long ...
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