Since returning to office, President Trump has made broad assertions of executive authority, including the power to fire ...

Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority ...

Although the president’s pardon power is enshrined in the Constitution, Congress should move to circumscribe it.

The Supreme Court is poised to deliver a series of rulings this term that dramatically expand President Donald Trump’s powers. Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues will likely claim that they ...

Two pivotal justices—Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett—probed the implications of the challengers’ arguments about what the president can, and can’t, do in the arena of foreign trade. Both ...

Re “No President Should Have This Kind of Power” (editorial, Sept. 25): As this editorial notes, President Trump’s decision to blow up suspected drug-trafficking boats and kill suspected drug ...

In today’s edition … A key week for Ukraine … You tell us about your views on how Trump uses the pardon power … but first … A president’s most traditional pardon — the symbolic commutation of two ...

The Supreme Court has reviewed multiple separation of powers cases in recent years, often curbing the authority of the branch it sees as having exerted too much power. In 2023, the high court struck ...

Once again, lawmakers are trying to claw back their responsibility under the Constitution to declare war. On Wednesday, the House passed legislation that would repeal two authorizations for use of ...

In the weeks leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, President Donald Trump reached deep into his arsenal to try to deliver votes to Republicans. Most of his weapons were rhetorical, featuring a mix ...