On the eve of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, two-thirds of Americans say the system of checks and balances that divides power between the White House, Congress and the courts is ...

Does our Constitution allow the government to break into someone’s home or place of business without a warrant? Does it allow ICE agents to use force, even lethal force, against law-abiding protesters ...

Equating controversial or legally contested executive actions with the collapse of 250 years of constitutional democracy ...

Regarding the recent events in Venezuela, what has happened to our system of checks and balances in the United States government? It seems that the man who is now president can act unilaterally in any ...

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down former President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, ruling that his use of emergency powers exceeded presidential authority. Trump strongly criticized the decision and ...

The new Ken Burns documentary, “The American Revolution,” provides a special opportunity to learn why our nation’s founders chose liberty and built a democracy based on three branches of government ...

Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive and judicial branches provide balance and prevent each other from growing ...

Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications director turned investor, is warning that a cluster of "institutional" problems at home should worry Americans more than partisan food fights.

Peter Shane, a professor at New York University, joins CBS News 24/7 to break down how the U.S. system of checks and balances is factoring into President Trump's second term after the Supreme Court's ...

The new Ken Burns documentary, "The American Revolution," provides a special opportunity to learn why our nation’s founders chose liberty and built a democracy based on three branches of government ...

Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications director turned investor, is warning that a cluster of "institutional" problems at home should worry Americans more than partisan food fights.