In every major case involving federal statutes, the court made plain that it would hew narrowly to the language in those ...

In a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court has effectively redefined the limits of judicial intervention in executive ...

The debate over Trump’s executive powers. What is Article II that President Donald Trump keeps citing? Here’s a look at the executive branch’s constitutional power.

The logo for the White House is seen in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption ...

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 ...

Checks and balances? 43% say executive branch has too much power: Poll. March 19, 2025 11:13. UP NEXT. GLAAD CEO slams Supreme Court backing religious objection to LGBTQ+ books 04:44.

The executive branch enforced the laws through a president, vice president, and numerous executive departments such as Treasury and State. And the judicial branch interpreted the laws through a ...

The legal showdowns over President Donald Trump’s removals at independent agencies and federal workplaces could ultimately end with Supreme Court rulings that expand executive branch power ...

Trump’s power to fire executive branch officials will be tested in another lawsuit. Hampton Dellinger, who led an ethics enforcement office, said his firing is illegal.

(Indeed, another part of Article II requires that that president “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”) Roberts warned that, without the power to remove executive-branch officers, “the ...

The framers of the U.S. Constitution left the powers of the executive branch powers deliberately vague, and in doing so opened the door for every president to decide how much power they could claim.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday giving himself more power over federal agencies that Congress set up to function without the president’s direct oversight – the latest ...