Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive ...

Oct. 16—Albuquerque voters could increase the City Council's power this election. Or not. In June, the City Council passed three charters — one of which was vetoed by Mayor Tim Keller — that could ...

Vittorio Bufacchi is affiliated with the Labour Party in Ireland. In the four weeks since he was inaugurated for his second term as US president, Donald Trump has issued dozens of executive orders – ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The delegates at the 1787 ...

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 ...

When chief executives resort to emergency powers for systemic policy concerns, they are effectively legislating by fiat. They are treating the checks and balances of our constitutional system as an ...

Daniel Braaten is an associate professor of political science at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. The views presented here are his own and do not represent his employer. As the Trump administration ...

I learned basic civics in my public school. But mostly, because it was more interesting, I also learned civics after school ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The delegates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention were trying to create a new governing framework for the fledging United States of America. They knew they needed SOMEONE to be at ...