In his first year back in the White House, President Trump has presided over a sweeping expansion of executive power while ...

Trump has spent the first year of his second term pushing the limits of presidential power. He’s the latest in a long line of ...

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court discreetly issued an emergency order permitting the Trump administration to move forward with sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. The unsigned ruling did ...

President Donald Trump’s second term in office has marked a significant authoritarian turn in the operation of the executive branch. As power centralizes in the White House, edicts flow to control and ...

There may be no greater convert to the dubious virtues of unlimited executive power than a former skeptic who has taken up residence in the White House. President Donald Trump, once a critic of the ...

Trump v. Slaughter is among the most important tests to date of the Supreme Court’s view of the “unitary executive theory” – the idea that control over the entire executive branch is vested in the ...

Is there any structure more iconic in our history than the White House? It has been called “The People’s House,” but I guess that is no longer true. For our current president to tear down the East ...

Since April 7, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted President Trump emergency relief no fewer than 13 times. It has temporarily blocked lower-court orders that, for example, halted aggressive ...

Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White, which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. Please note that the views of outside contributors do ...

The Supreme Court majority is advancing a long-term goal of conservatives to strengthen presidential power. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with John Yoo, a proponent of "unitary executive theory." We have ...