The Nevada Supreme Court has a history of massaging the law to protect the state’s political elites — allowing lawmakers to ignore the two-thirds requirement for tax hikes, neutering term limits and ...

It is imperative that both the Supreme Court and the American public refuse to tire and continue to address each legal challenge. Although contradicting government branches may seem onerous, they ...

The U.S. Constitution was crafted in 1787 both to establish a new central government and to limit it. Some of the limitations are direct, some are subtle and some are hidden. The chief instrument of ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Most surprisingly to me, the court ...

Discover what the separation of powers is in the U.S. Constitution. Learn about its three branches, checks and balances, and why it matters for American democracy. Do you know that the separation of ...

In Employment Division v. Smith, Justice Scalia identified the concept of hybrid rights: a restriction that targets two constitutional rights would be reviewed with heightened scrutiny. For example, a ...

Last week, two Republican senators — Todd Young of Indiana and Josh Hawley of Missouri— changed their votes on a War Powers Act resolution seeking to restrict President Donald Trump from conducting ...

Montesquieu’s separation of powers assumed authority would be exercised through visible institutions. The AI era shifts this. Power operates through invisible infrastructure: Terms-of-service ...

A judge ordered a prison sentence of eight to 20 years Monday for a man in a shooting whose case raised separation of powers questions and who was previously sent to prison for a pet shop fire. Kirk ...

Editor: Is President Trump acting with all deliberate speed to move his agenda forward? Or is he just moving ahead with all possible speed? This president wants to hoodwink the public into a rushed ...

Editor: Napoleon Bonaparte reportedly said “He who saves his country, violates no law.” Now President Trump echoes these same words as he tries to dismantle our democracy by indiscriminately cutting ...