Constitutional separation of power issues have been central to the dispute over Diana DiZoglio’s attempt to audit the Legislature, but now the auditor is the one raising concerns about one branch of government intruding upon another.

One of the most dangerous mistakes Americans are making right now is treating the threat to our democracy as a collection of daily outrages - the latest social media post, the latest threat, the latest norm broken. Those things are certainly bad, often ...

Editor: We don’t necessarily have parties with hamburgers and hot dogs on Sept. 17, but we should make time to celebrate a momentous event. It was that day, 238 years ago, our Constitution was signed. Included were many protections for the people, none ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In recent years, the Supreme Court has gradually abandoned an idea – the separation of powers – that the Framers thought was vital to the preservation of liberty. Instead, the court ...

The Trump administration makes its case to have a Rhode Island judge's order overturned and for the president's federal funding freeze to be reinstated. Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice, including acting U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Sara Miron ...

Federal courts have ruled that President Donald Trump did not have legal authority to impose his worldwide “Liberation Day” tariffs, nor his earlier tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. Trump and his White House have reacted angrily, calling these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress on May 31, 2025. - Kevin Carter/Getty Images/File A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from ...

Trump v. Slaughter, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in December, likely will put an end to the era of independent federal regulatory agencies. Even if the court does not formally overrule the 90-year-old precedent allowing Congress to protect some ...