A prominent constitutional law scholar highlights the perils of wars waged without congressional authorization - a practice engaged in by Obama and now perpetuated by Trump.
Contrary to his reputation (and Twitter feed), the president has been selectively trimming executive power.
The ATF has no legal authority to restrict the controversial firearm accessory.
Corker is a longtime defender of American intervention and war in the Middle East, and now wants to supply billions in weapons to the Saudis and Ukraine.
The hit cartoon depicts how out of control presidential power has gotten.
The president did not need Venezuela and North Korea to make his order constitutional.
A Senate vote shows that even Trump critics are happy to let the president use the military as he pleases.
Scrapping DACA is a callous act that'll hurt the country.
Instead of striving to ingratiate himself with those who hold his fate in their hands, the president seems determined to antagonize them.
Irrational, half-baked anti-terrorist policies are not necessarily unconstitutional.
An appeals court upholds an injunction against the president's travel ban but once again leaves him perfectly free to improve screening.
Intent on blocking visitors from Muslim-majority countries, the president confuses political incorrectness with seriousness.
Which is more important to the president: hurting Muslims or looking tough on terrorism?
The checks and challenges invited by the president's "serial recklessness" should be welcomed.
His recklessness doesn't necessarily weaken the executive branch. In fact the opposite may be true.
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee need to step up their oversight game
Unlike his predecessor, Trump has not even done us the courtesy of coming up with a laughable excuse.
The heart of the potential for conflicts of interests is not the Trump business empire. It's the presidential power to steer benefits to particular interests.
The nation's father warned against "hyper-partisanship, excessive debt and foreign wars" in 1796. Why aren't we paying attention, asks John Avlon.
He should explain his views on federalism, executive power, and unenumerated rights.
He should explain his views on federalism, executive power, and unenumerated rights.
What's happening on day two of Neil Gorsuch's SCOTUS confirmation hearings.
What the Senate Judiciary Committee should ask the Supreme Court candidate.
Reports show possible loosening of restrictions on strikes, more CIA participation.
The order reportedly exempts visa holders and Iraqis as well as legal permanent residents.
Why Paul Ryan was clapping at policies he's long opposed, how POTUS could be a strong de-regulator, and why the media cares 100x more about presidential theatrics than the war in Yemen
Every problem can be solved, except the problem of presidential grandiosity.
Sorting through Neil Gorsuch, the travel ban cases and more, with Reason's resident court watcher
The Hollywood star's self-dramatizing self-righteousness plays right into the president's hands.
The government's failure to cite relevant examples helped ensure its defeat.
A vigorous advocate of presidential prerogatives says Trump's promises regarding NAFTA, tariffs, and a border wall exceed his authority.
Is Donald Trump a crony capitalist? Or is he something worse?
Unlike the president, Neil Gorsuch understands the role of an independent judiciary.
Trump attacks "so-called judge" who issued nationwide temporary restraining order against travel ban.
The president is an unserious man who is wielding a huge amount of power. Will a GOP Congress keep him in check?
New polls shows 49 percent support, versus just 41 percent against...
Constantly looking for people to punish doesn't square with a commitment to liberty.
The weekend showed some weaknesses in Trump's edifice of power.
Plaintiff of historic case over Japanese-American internment during World War II was born in 1919.
People who not long ago said it was disrespectful to criticize the tenant in the White House seem to have rediscovered the value of dissent. Well, maybe.
Obama's legacy, Trump's promise, and your very best Inaugural drinking strategies on Stand Up! With Pete Dominick
Donald Trump's memoirs and political tomes provide a glimpse into his arrogant, paranoid, status-obsessed history and personality.
James Clapper and John Brennan lied, others behaved horribly in "scandal-free" administration.
Obama's power grabs are now Trump's precedents.
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