The United States federal government, whether you feel it is a beacon of democracy or a symbol of modern political gridlock, was undeniably a revolutionary institution at its time of formation. Split ...

Donald Trump is pictured at an election night watch party. (AP) After a week of vote counting, Republicans have secured a majority in the House of Representatives – meaning president-elect Donald ...

To better secure the people’s liberty, the Constitution divides the power of the federal government among three separate and coequal branches. The judiciary is one of these separate and coequal ...

Just 56% of adults can name all three branches of government, and that’s an improvement, according to a new survey. The 2021 figure is the highest it has been since 2006, according to the 2021 ...

(StudyFinds.org) – American politics may be in a disheveled state right now, but it’s apparently making more people aware of their rights as citizens, a new survey reveals. Researchers from the ...

Americans’ trust in the three branches of the federal government has reached a new low but remains higher for state and local governments, according to a Gallup survey. The polling company said ...

The Constitution provides for three branches of government, sharing sovereign power. In fact, we have a fourth branch, the sprawling administrative bureaucracies. They are nominally part of the ...

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He formerly served as an appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues ...

This is an editorial from KCRA 3 and 58. President Donald Trump has swiftly acted on his agenda with more than 60 executive orders since assuming office. Some of these actions have prompted lawsuits, ...

Here’s an irony that took over 700 years to see — British barons limited the power of a king, Americans rebelled against having a king centuries later, and in our times the U.S. Supreme Court sought ...

Have you ever heard of anything referred to as the “fourth branch of government”? It’s a term that can be used to mean any entity that has influence over government beyond the three branches described ...