The US political system has been designed with guardrails against authoritarianism, but how powerful are these checks and ...

This is GBH’s Morning Edition. Well, the election results are in: Donald Trump will return to the White House in January. And ...

If you asked high-school civics students, “Who makes America’s laws at the federal level?” they would probably answer, “Congress.” After all, the Constitution gives the lawmaking power to Congress.

The Massachusetts State Auditor’s Office was set to earn the explicit authority to crack open the books of the Legislature after voters were projected to approve a ballot question championed by Diana ...

Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of Pennsylvania voters. Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member. On October 23, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ...

Pure political self-promotion and electioneering.” That’s how House Speaker Ron Mariano characterized state Auditor Diana ...

After stints in the Legislature and the private sector, Chad Campbell joined Gov. Katie Hobbs’ administration in 2023 as ...

IN THE MONTHS preceding this week’s election, some California history and social studies teachers have proceeded cautiously in covering the presidential ...

AUSTIN – Robert Roberson, the Texas man whose execution was halted by the state Supreme Court, is expected to testify before a legislative ... to block the executive branch's authority to ...

The court ruled that the legislative branch does not have the power to summon the president to deliver a State of the Nation address or submit to questioning from lawmakers. The judges also said ...

The Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that most of the amendments passed by the legislature expanding its power to oversee ...

Mr Ya Tang of the State Law Department of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, which is China’s top legislature, said that “Future support to ...