A public opinion poll conducted on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution in 1987 revealed that most Americans knew little about the document’s contents and purpose. Only a ...
This has all the makings of a constitutional crisis. According to law professor Amanda Frost, “a constitutional crisis occurs when one branch of government, usually the executive, ‘blatantly, ...
Today’s U.S. system of government bears little resemblance to the Constitutional framework established in 1789. And that’s a good thing. While the basic structure—three branches of government, checks ...