The GOP in Congress nullified the legislative branch this year by failing to stand up to the president’s actions, even when those ran counter to the Constitution, such as his decisions to cancel ...

It is not without irony that King Charles, in his address to Congress, reminded his listeners that the Magna Carta is “the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and ...

The US Constitution's checks and balances are failing at national and state levels, leading to partisan courts and weakened ...

Regarding the recent events in Venezuela, what has happened to our system of checks and balances in the United States government? It seems that the man who is now president can act unilaterally in any ...

Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive and judicial branches provide balance and prevent each other from growing ...

George Mason University professor emeritus writes that state Supreme Court case will determine constitutional balance of power Governors appoint university boards, but the General Assembly must ...

Whatever happened to the checks and balances James Madison and the framers inserted in our U.S. Constitution? They don’t seem ...