The president has the basic constitutional authority to run the executive branch, no matter how many lawsuits the activists ...

The constitution outlines three branches of government. ... The White House reports that, including members of the U.S. military, the executive branch employs over 4 million Americans.

Outlook ‘Executive privilege’ is a new concept built on a shaky legal foundation. It’s not mentioned in the Constitution, and the Supreme Court only recognized it in 1974.

In short: The executive branch, c’est Nixon. ... Within a few years, Scalia’s outline of unitary executive theory was being fleshed out by conservative law professors.

The United States Constitution is built on a system of separation of powers, ensuring that each branch of government—the legislative, executive, and judicial—operates within its own clearly ...

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump is embracing a decades-old theory that could give him unprecedented control over the executive branch, setting up a showdown with Congress and the courts that ...

She says a constitutional crisis occurs when one branch of government, usually the executive, "blatantly, flagrantly and regularly exceeds its constitutional authority — and the other branches ...