"In the brief span of only four decades, the court’s stance on the unitary executive theory has been turned on its head." ...

We are taught that our government is composed of three branches: executive,legislative and judicial. Purposefully designed, this division of power should provide adequate checks and balances so that ...

The Supreme Court seems likely to embrace "unitary executive" theory (UET) in its upcoming case in Trump v. Slaughter, at least in so far as that theory mandates that the president have the power to ...

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. Please ...

The federal government of the United States of America is split into three separate and distinct branches. But what do the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary do and why are they necessary?

Hans von Spakovsky is the manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He is the ...