Most in a new poll said the system of checks and balances in the U.S. government is not working well. When asked about the functioning of “the system of checks and balances between the executive, ...

ATLANTA — It’s what one historian calls an “elaborate, clunky machine,” one that’s been fundamental to American democracy for more than two centuries. The principle of checks and balances is rooted in ...

If partisan prosecutors and obliging judges were not abusing the court system to politically damage a sitting president’s predecessor and chief political rival, the U.S. Supreme Court would not have ...

Project 2025: The Plan To Seize Power by Gutting America’s System of Checks and Balances Project 2025—and the budget plans it has spawned—would erode Americans’ personal freedoms and harm the middle ...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court and its carefully manufactured conservative majority will hear the first in a chain of cases that may well determine for the foreseeable future the survival of the ...

The GOP in Congress nullified the legislative branch this year by failing to stand up to the president’s actions, even when those ran counter to the Constitution, such as his decisions to cancel ...

The Kansas Legislature overrode a record number of Governor Kelly's vetoes in the 2025 session, raising concerns about the balance of power. The legislative supermajority's ability to override vetoes ...

Far-right extremists have a plan to shatter democracy’s guardrails, giving presidents almost unlimited power to implement policies that will hurt everyday Americans and strip them of fundamental ...

President Trump called for the impeachment of the judge who ordered a halt to the deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants. The threat comes after Judge James Boasberg also scolded the ...

Wonder Land: With Donald Trump's executive orders affecting every facet of our lives, we may be heading to the outer limits of America’s system of checks and balances. Photo: Jim LoScalzo - Pool via ...