It's long been assumed that legislative actions have more sticking power than executive ones. That's by design. The legislative process is cumbersome and messy, but ultimately it is shaped by 535 ...
The framers of the U.S. Constitution famously divided power among three branches of government so that, as James Madison explained in Federalist 51, the "constituent parts may, by their mutual ...
Trump has spent the first year of his second term pushing the limits of presidential power. He’s the latest in a long line of ...
Supreme Court justices sympathetic to Trump saying ‘You’re fired!’ in FTC case on presidential power
WASHINGTON — Most Supreme Court justices on Monday seemed inclined to allow President Trump to tell a former Federal Trade Commission honcho that she’s fired, in a case that could dramatically expand ...
The 2025-26 Supreme Court term’s first cases on presidential power are shaping up to be a study in contrasts. Last month, when the court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources v. Trump, President ...
The groups challenging the president’s tariffs assert that the measures overstep the principle that Congress cannot cede its legislative powers to other branches of government. By Abbie VanSickle When ...
The case, known as Trump v. Slaughter, arose from Mr. Trump's move to fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from her post at the Federal Trade Commission without cause, despite a federal statute that limits a ...
Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments over ...
On November 5, 2025, the Supreme Court heard three hours of oral argument in the most consequential trade case in years, a challenge to the President’s use of the International Emergency Economic ...
The Supreme Court‘s Wednesday oral arguments over the legality of Donald Trump‘s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs pitted the president’s constitutional foreign affairs powers against Congress’s ...
Washington — President Trump's efforts to reshape the executive branch and flex his presidential power are set to be tested at the Supreme Court on Monday, when the justices convene to hear a case ...
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