The Constitution provides for three branches of government, sharing sovereign power. In fact, we have a fourth branch, the sprawling administrative bureaucracies. They are nominally part of the ...

This is the fifth in a series of essays about the Constitution of the United States. After identifying the reasons for and powers of the Legislative Branch of our federal government in the previous ...

To better secure the people’s liberty, the Constitution divides the power of the federal government among three separate and coequal branches. The judiciary is one of these separate and coequal ...

In celebration of Constitution Day, members of Bethpage High School’s Civics Club visited John F. Kennedy Middle School to lead an interactive lesson on the U.S. Constitution and the three branches of ...

A republican form of government is based on checks and balances created by the separation of powers. American students are taught this as a good thing. Tyranny is kept at bay by the American system of ...

Constitution Day was this week, established by an act of Congress in 2004. It supplanted Citizenship Day which had been set for Sept. 19 but I can’t recall ever hearing about that growing up. Upon ...

Even a somewhat informed observer might wonder why President Donald Trump and the Republicans, who control all three branches of government and both houses of Congress, would need to rely on executive ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

An overwhelming majority of Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians voters support moving forward with a U.S. Department ...

Friday was Constitution Day by act of Congress in 2004. It supplanted Citizenship Day which had been set for Sept. 19 but I can’t recall ever hearing about that growing up. Upon reflection it is a ...

This is an editorial from KCRA 3 and 58. President Donald Trump has swiftly acted on his agenda with more than 60 executive orders since assuming office. Some of these actions have prompted lawsuits, ...

We are a resilient nation. We have weathered terrible things — wars, slavery, economic crises, pandemics, natural disasters, terrorist attacks. We even survived a brutal and divisive civil war. Our ...