At the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of government had been formed. “A Republic”, said Franklin. “If you can keep it.” Doug McIntyre’s ...

Monash IVF has reported two bungles in as many months. So what is IVF, how is the process managed, and how can it go wrong?

No one ever said the system of checks and balances, and separation of powers, would be efficient or pretty. But this case demonstrates that, like democracy itself, our complex system of governance ...

Political scientist Lisa L. Miller warns that liberal hopes in such checks and balances are misplaced. Far from a safeguard of democracy, she argues, America’s constitutional order has always been at ...

Bruce Springsteen slammed Donald Trump during a gig, where he described the president's administration as "corrupt, incompetent and treasonous.

Kansas’s Constitution, like the federal one, is built on the idea of separation of powers. A legislative supermajority harms checks and balances.

The foundational checks-and-balances fight: President John Adams’ made last-minute appointments before he left office in 1801. His successor, Thomas Jefferson, and Secretary of State James ...

The principle of checks and balances is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches. America’s history of checks and balances tested by ...

The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches. Those are the executive, meaning the president ...

The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches. President Donald Trump in his first Log out Log ...

For over two centuries, America’s system of checks and balances has curbed presidential overreach but Donald Trump’s presidency pushed it to new limits. In his first 100 days, Trump issued sweeping ...

America’s long history of ‘checks and balances’ is being tested by Trump like rarely before By: Bill Barrow, The Associated Press Posted: 6:38 AM CDT Sunday, May. 4, 2025 Last Modified: 11: ...