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Discover what the separation of powers is in the U.S. Constitution. Learn about its three branches, checks and balances, and ...

The U.S. Constitution was crafted in 1787 both to establish a new central government and to limit it. Some of the limitations are direct, some are subtle and some are hidden. The chief instrument of ...

The rights of the individual and the separation of powers are core constitutional principles. Both are being challenged.

As the 250th anniversary of our independence approaches, let us linger over the most important sentence that James Madison ...

Based on the Constitution’s separation of powers U.S. Distict Judge Dale Ho of the Southern District of New York should deny the Justice Department's motion to drop its own case against New York City ...

The exclusive authority of the New Jersey Supreme Court under our Constitution to regulate the bar acts as a special bulwark of protection against potential intrusions upon our collective professional ...

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 ...

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.