Supreme Court likely to expand presidential powers
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Last year's Supreme Court decision giving Donald Trump and future presidents broad immunity from prosecution may be fueling Trump's maximalist approach to executive power this year. The Supreme Court returns to the bench this week. And the justices are ...
President Donald Trump has been on a roll at the U.S. Supreme Court, winning more than a dozen interim rulings backing his aggressive use of executive power and a landmark decision curbing the ability of individual judges to block his policies nationwide.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Nov. 5 in a case that will determine whether presidents may use emergency powers to levy broad tariffs. The question in this case is whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act permits a president to ...
President Donald Trump listens to a reporter’s question during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the White House’s Oval Office on Sept. 25. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Around seven-in-ten Americans (69%) say President Donald ...
President Donald Trump's expansion of executive power, including his unprecedented push to send troops into U.S. cities to combat crime and his attempt to seize control of aspects of the economy, has left Americans uneasy, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
When you think of the President of the United States, what comes to mind? Commander-in-Chief, leader of a nation, or maybe even a symbol of political power. But the President has some surprisingly diverse powers that might just leave you speechless.
Journalist Charlie Savage traces the blueprint for Donald Trump’s power grab back to the late Dick Cheney in a recent NYT article, “How Cheney’s Presidential Power Push Paved the Way for Trump to Go Further.” Savage discusses the former VP’s role ...
Multnomah County commissioners unanimously approved $100,000 on Thursday to help area organizations get food to people who lost their federal benefits at the be Kent ...