Without an independent judiciary, the Constitution would be no match for Donald Trump’s authoritarian impulses.

Vice President JD Vance, Elon Musk and others in the Trump administration are openly challenging the centuries-old power of ...

Doomscrolling scenarios like a Trump third term won’t happen. But what if this administration defies court orders?

Once the Constitution was ratified, advocates and jurists argued primarily from its text. Gienapp's treatment of Alexander Hamilton is emblematic of this mistake. He cites Hamilton's famous line ...

Trump is different. His defiance lies in plain view. There is no dignity. There is no restraint. There is only power. The ...

President Joe Biden sounded the alarm as he prepared to leave the White House. Speaking to the American people from the Oval ...

Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No. 74 ... Moreover, the complex process to amend the Constitution to adjust the pardon power reflects that it is likely here to stay. Opinion: We need to ...

In fact, I believe the president’s executive order is the most direct assault on the authority of Congress in the history of ...

The US president’s power to pardon is both one of the most absolute and misunderstood provisions of the Constitution ... by the justice system, as Alexander Hamilton wrote.

Of course, as spelled out by another clause of the Constitution (Article IV, Section 3), the federal government can distribute federal lands and their proceeds to the states. But even Alexander ...

Alexander Hamilton, the great champion of a powerful ... nearly every literate American had read the Constitution. As the bruising battle for ratification was about to make clear, you could ...