A string of recent moves by the current administration—including federal layoffs, prosecutorial shifts, and regulatory changes—raises legal and constitutional questions about the evolving relationship ...

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a constitutional limit on lower courts’ authority, a big win for the president and the ...

Abortion on demand, same-sex marriage, a tax penalty for those who do not buy government-approved health insurance - all “laws of the land” because the Supreme Court says so?

Everyday ethics: Balancing the branches of government The best way to serve the public interest is to have a legislature and judiciary able to keep a president in check.

Elon Musk on Tuesday said White House DOGE office staffers aren't "dictators of the government" and that progress made by DOGE is tied to its support from Congress and the executive branch.

Auditor Allison Ball on Thursday sued Gov. Andy Beshear for stalling the implementation of a 2024 kinship caregiver law. “This issue goes beyond funding and bureaucratic delays,” Ball said.

The legal profession and ordinary Americans depend on the principle that lawyers can represent clients without fear of retribution. We must stand up to the chilling affect that this form of ...

Our fourth branch of government is saving us There is only one reason why our country has survived this terrible storm of political lawlessness ...

It would undercut the power of Congress to structure the government and expand presidential power, rendering the executive branch more comprehensively subject to Mr. Trump’s whims.

The vision of the Constitution we all learned in school, the one with three branches that are supposed to counterbalance one another, is not our reality.

IDEAS It’s time for a fourth branch of government When politicians fail to solve thorny policy issues, they should put the question to a House of the People.

Knox County's day-to-day operations are run by eight officeholders who aren't subject to the same oversight as other elected officials.