It might require amending the Constitution, but the United States should rein in the pardoning power of the president, the ...

Impoundment is when a president refuses to spend money allocated by Congress and returns the funds to the Treasury.

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Americans are witnessing a naked power grab that would shred the Constitution’s checks and balances, rob Congress of its most ...

A constitutional amendment seems appropriate — perhaps a supplement to Article II, Section 2, stipulating that a pardon, to ...

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Mike Forrester with AP Former East Oregonian editor Mike Forrester, right, is pictured here in his early news career as a reporter for the Associated Press in Los Angeles with world heavyweight boxing ...

Trump’s attempt to, even temporarily, pause federal grants and loans most likely flies in the face of our constitutionally ...

Half a century ago Congress, the courts, other key institutions within and outside of the government, and the American public ...

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