As the 250th anniversary of our independence approaches, let us linger over the most important sentence that James Madison ever wrote, and the most relevant to the current moment. “The accumulation of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How much power does the president really have? fotojog-iStock/Getty Images Plus Those who wrote and wrangled over America’s ...

For nine months, in a flood of emergency orders, the Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to expand his power. The justices have permitted Trump to slash the federal bureaucracy, fire the ...

The 2025-26 Supreme Court term’s first cases on presidential power are shaping up to be a study in contrasts. Last month, when the court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources v. Trump, President ...

The case, known as Trump v. Slaughter, arose from Mr. Trump's move to fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from her post at the Federal Trade Commission without cause, despite a federal statute that limits a ...

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump’s time in the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Presidents in both parties have used their unique power of granting pardons. Some congressional members said its outdated and could be used to protect allies. Granting pardons is ...

Supreme Court to decide if Trump can fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, testing presidential authority over independent ...

Clear Statements is a recurring series by Abbe R. Gluck on civil litigation and the modern regulatory and statutory state. Verbs, verbs, verbs. Court-watchers hoping for fireworks over the reach of ...

What is President Trump's Board of Peace actually for? NPR's Leila Fadel asks Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and ...