A major constitutional showdown is on track to reach the Supreme Court this fall. It could change the balance of power in Washington, making it easier for the Senate to block the president from ...

Decades of history and a reasonable presidential power were shredded by three Republican judges in a decision sure to deepen partisan gridlock. It's a ruling that the White House should appeal to ...

President Barack Obama announces the appointment of Richard Cordray as the nation's chief consumer watchdog at an event in Shaker Heights, OH on January 4, 2012. An expansive Friday decision by a ...

The Federalist No. 67, written by Alexander Hamilton and published in March 1788, discussed the power of the executive to grant recess appointments under the US Constitution. According to Hamilton, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refereeing a politically charged dispute between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans over the president's power to temporarily fill high-level ...

Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism Monday regarding President Obama's recess appointment powers, in the first such case to be considered by the high court. The court heard arguments Monday in a ...