even if the President has a constitutional duty to act in good faith (as I believe), I think Congress imposing a statutory obligation of good faith through criminal law (at least on a sitting President) is problematic.
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The president is not a king. He took an oath to uphold the Constitution. That includes the rule of law.
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On Oct. 12, 2017, Pres. Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) broadly intended to facilitate the sale of health insurance across state lines. Conservatives let out a collective cheer, believing the measure will lower the cost of health insurance, something the poorly named Affordable Care Act failed to do. But few even paused to…
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When Congress passes broad “laws” that allow the president to essentially fill in the blanks and dictate policy as he sees fit, it abrogates its constitutional responsibility.
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“Donald Trump is not my commander in chief. Neither was Barack Obama.”
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Presidents don’t give up power.
Executive orders don’t expire at the end of each presidential term.
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We live in a world where an increasing number of things that are supposed to be done by the Congress are done by the executive.
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Can the president really act as he wishes, simply because he has a pen and a phone? Not according to the Constitution.
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President Obama announced Tuesday that he is issuing an executive order on guns and background checks. Here’s a look at what the president is doing and if it is even legal under the Constitution of the United States.
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America has evolved into a system very much like the one the revolutionaries sought to destroy
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The usual course if an agreement cannot get two-thirds approval in the Senate, there is no agreement.
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more non-targeted innocents in foreign lands than were targeted and killed in the U.S. on 9/11.
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The Constitution. Every issue, every time. No exceptions, no excuses.
