President Donald Trump has challenged our system of checks and balances. He shows little appreciation for Congress and the ...

Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive ...

At an NYU Law Forum on October 22, former government officials and constitutional law scholars examined the current state of ...

FILE - A person holds a copy of the Constitution of the United States of America and Declaration of Independence at a May Day rally for the Rule of Law, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, ...

ATLANTA (AP) — It’s what one historian calls an “elaborate, clunky machine,” one that’s been fundamental to American democracy for more than two centuries. The principle of “checks and balances” is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATLANTA (AP) — It’s what one historian calls ...

The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution's design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches. President Donald Trump in his first 100 days tested that ...