Three months ago, when “No Kings” demonstrations were spreading across the country, President Donald Trump insisted he was no monarch. “I’m not a king,” he told reporters on Air Force One, when asked ...

The Republican majority has let Trump do pretty much anything he wants—even when it tramples on Congress’s authority.

Trump v. Slaughter is among the most important tests to date of the Supreme Court’s view of the “unitary executive theory” – ...

The presidency itself is subject not to the written Constitution, but to the preferences of the political class.

Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White, which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. Please note that the views of outside contributors do ...

Is there any structure more iconic in our history than the White House? It has been called “The People’s House,” but I guess that is no longer true. For our current president to tear down the East ...

There may be no greater convert to the dubious virtues of unlimited executive power than a former skeptic who has taken up residence in the White House. President Donald Trump, once a critic of the ...

For more than a century, public demands for responsive government have weakened Congress and strengthened the presidency. Has ...

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court discreetly issued an emergency order permitting the Trump administration to move forward with sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. The unsigned ruling did ...

The resolution created different sections of statutory code. A part the Senate is weighing using has not been widely seen as ...