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Checks and balances are dead

Checks and balances, our teachers taught us, were America's ace in the hole. Human beings are highly fallible and easily ...
OPINION: It is impossible to think of a major military action that has been so poorly justified to Congress and the public as this one.
Over the past five decades, corporate governance experts have focused on improving the “tone at the top.” The belief has been ...
The GOP in Congress nullified the legislative branch this year by failing to stand up to the president’s actions, even when those ran counter to the Constitution, such as his decisions to cancel ...
COLUMN. As the president shows his eagerness to dismantle any form of checks and balances both within and beyond the US ...
Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive and judicial branches provide balance and prevent each other from growing ...
Columnist George Ochenski said our Montana delegation has confused loyalty to party with service to constituents.
OXFORD — Part-time Oxford resident and U.S. District of Maryland Judge James Breder spoke about judicial independence and the constitutional system of government at the Oxford Community Center on ...