The Trump administration continues to fire, shut down or defund independent elements of the federal government that ...

Article II of the Constitution begins with a simple declarative sentence: “The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America.” Those 15 words are at the heart of a key ...

but says the removal protections are unconstitutional because they constrain the president's vast powers to control the executive branch. It was not clear whether Howell was likely to rule for ...

In his first 6 weeks in office President Donald Trump has issued more executive orders than any other president in U.S.

The full extent of the confrontation at USADF became public when the president of the independent ... called the argument “so much more of an executive power claim than a lot of what they ...

His bold order putting ‘independent agencies’ under White House control echoes the Founders.

Many scholars say President Trump has overstepped his constitutional powers as he’s sought to upend federal policy via a ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order grasping far greater control over independent federal agencies embraces a constitutionally questionable theory that presidents dating back to Ronald Reagan ...

"I remain very much of the view that Article II does give the president all of the executive power, and I think the president has the ability to control subordinates in the executive branch who ...

Article II of the Constitution states that "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America." It does not say that executive power can be divided between the ...

Shu also agreed the Supreme Court has been sympathetic to executive power in its recent rulings, reinforcing the idea that the president has substantial latitude in firing executive branch employees.

Donald Trump’s latest political maneuver targets the Department of Education, reviving a long-standing conservative push to weaken its influence. Whil ...