The originalist case for a unitary executive falls apart in an era when many of the powers wielded by the executive branch were not originally supposed to be federal powers in the first place. If ...
We have the larger story behind a seemingly small news item. The Supreme Court this month let President Trump fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission - at least for now. The court ...
As soon as he returned to office, President Trump began to remake the federal government swiftly, aggressively in his image. (SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE) UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: The president has been ...
Much of the litigation surrounding the new Trump administration turns in part on "unitary executive" theory - the idea that the president should have near-total control over the executive branch of ...
The United States was founded in explicit rejection of monarchy. The Revolution was fought against King George III’s perceived tyranny, and the Constitution was designed to prevent the concentration ...
Does President-elect Donald Trump‘s budget honcho, Russ Vought, believe there is only one branch of government? Or four? Or does he argue that the executive branch is superior to legislative and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As President Donald Trump works at a breakneck speed to implement his second-term agenda, including wholesale firings and sweeping ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Trump’s indifference to the job is the modern incarnation of a problem that defenders ...
The "unitary business principle," is a rule that decides when a state can tax a company's income that is earned in more than one place. It helps separate what income can be taxed by a state and what ...