Bruce Springsteen said, “The last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are the people, you ...

Los Angeles voters finally mandated a new design for county government in November. Now they should join in implementing the ...

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

Why is the United States Constitution the world’s longest surviving written charter of government in the world? Could it be ...

Like overlapping or concentric circles, the individual branches of government are granted specific powers. They are designed ...

The first three articles of the Constitution distinguish three separate but equal branches of government in the U.S to collectively share authority. Checks and balances facilitate this separation ...

Miller warns that liberal hopes in such checks and balances are misplaced. Far from a safeguard of democracy, she argues, ...

The second Trump administration has made a determined effort to strengthen presidential power and reduce oversight of the executive branch (the presidency). Achieving this could mean the president ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst held her first town hall of 2025 on Friday in Parkersburg, where she received both applause ...

As a current Maine teacher of American history and government, every year my students and I discuss our amazing Constitution ...