Why won’t Congress fulfill the vision of the Founders?
In his first week in office, President Trump displayed an unusually expansive vision of executive authority. He challenged ...
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Enumerated Powers
One way to limit the power of the new Congress under the Constitution was to be specific about what it could do. These enumerated, or listed, powers were contained in Article I, Section 8—the ...
“What’s the point of having Congress?”: Even some conservatives now say it's a constitutional crisis
Some conservative scholars are admitting that Elon Musk's slash-and-burn approach to government is unconstitutional ...
Trump Kicks Aside Congress With Sweeping Claims of Presidential Power
With an aggressive reading of the Constitution, the president aims to upend the balance of power in Washington.
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Reserved Powers of the States
Obviously, the nation chose to include the Bill of Rights, but only with the Tenth Amendment as a bulwark against implying any alteration in the original scheme of enumerated powers. If Congress ...
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Is Trump pushing his presidential powers beyond what the Constitution allows?
Despite fierce criticism, he is likely to succeed on those fronts because the Constitution and the laws generally put those powers in the ... has been approved by Congress to see whether it ...