The American Conservative

It is Time For Congress to Take Back its Legislative Powers

In the final day of the Supreme Court’s term last Thursday, it released its decision in West Virginia v. EPA. After several exciting weeks where the Court made significant rulings on abortion, ...
Washington Examiner

Obama and Legislative Power

The news media hailed President Obama’s victory on the Wall Street reform bill signed into law earlier this week as another example of his legislative prowess. When it comes to congressional ...
WBAL-TV

Delegate Lisanti has legislative powers reduced while she sponsors 17 bills

DAVID THE CIGAR PLACE WHERE THE : DELEGATE MADE THE RACIAL SLUR HAS SINCE BANNED HER. IT IS HARD TO TELL IF HER BILLS ARE NOW TOXIC. >> IT IS A DEVASTATING SITUATION. DAVID: IT IS UP TO HARFORD COUNTY ...
The American Conservative

Why Legislative Powers Need to Be Checked, Too

When Attorney General William Barr went before the Senate Judiciary Committee the other day to defend his handling of Robert Mueller’s report on the “Russian collusion” investigation, Hawaii’s ...
KETV Omaha

Former Nebraska supreme court judge defends legislative subpoena power

The fate of a legislative probe into how the state came up with the lethal injection drugs it will use in executions is in the hands of a Lancaster County District Court judge.Lori Maret said she will ...
American Enterprise Institute

Reclaiming Legislative Power from the Administrative State

Viewed in historical perspective, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Va. v. EPA last month can be seen as a restoration of the Framers’ original constitutional vision, after more than a century of ...
The Diplomat

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court Strikes Down Much of Legislature’s Controversial New Powers

Protesters demonstrate against a legislative reform package under consideration in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan, May 24, 2024. Credit: Facebook/Taiwan Economic Democracy Union Subscribe ...
National Review

The President Shouldn’t Set Congress’s Legislative Agenda

That’s not his job. ‘The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may ...
SCOTUSblog

Cases and controversies: Congress, the subpoena power and a “legislative purpose”

Editor’s note: This post is part of an occasional series on legal issues presented by current topics in the news. When the Supreme Court returns to the bench in the fall, it will hear oral arguments ...
The Atlantic

There’s No Historical Justification for One of the Most Dangerous Ideas in American Law

Most government activity in the United States rests on a simple idea: that it’s okay for the legislature to authorize the executive branch to regulate basically anything the legislature itself could ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Proposed Amendment A would eliminate a necessary check on legislative power.

On the ballot this fall is a proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution. It seeks to expand a legislative power that has already been misused by the super majority. Voters should vote against it. The ...
Los Angeles Times

Editorial: An unseemly legislative power grab

The leaders of the Democratic and Republican caucuses in the state Legislature are among the most powerful politicians in the state. These four lawmakers — currently two men in the Assembly and two ...