The recent analysis by Brad Bumsted, Harrisburg bureau chief for LNP | LancasterOnline and the LNP Media Group watchdog publication The Caucus, stating that proposed Pennsylvania constitutional ...

In our political system, checks and balances are the mechanisms that equitably distribute power. Checks and balances prevent any one institution or individual from exercising too much independent ...

I want to thank President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for calling Donald Trump to concede the election and show him, and his supporters, how a democracy is supposed to work. The last ...

The GOP in Congress nullified the legislative branch this year by failing to stand up to the president’s actions, even when those ran counter to the Constitution, such as his decisions to cancel ...

What are you? I bet most of the time you feel like an I not a we, a single unified being, or at least you’re most comfortable when you feel like that, not being of two minds. Doubt is a splintering ...

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking and other charges, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. A few weeks ago, the president said multiple times that he would “take a look” at pardoning ...

We live in a fallen world. Because man has a corruptible heart, when he is given a position of authority, he tends to amass more and more power for himself. The father of the U.S. Constitution, James ...

I want to thank the Minnesota Star Tribune for highlighting the plight of refugees scheduled to arrive in our state before the issuance of Executive Order 14163 (“Refugee resettlement in turmoil,” ...

To the editor — For years I've heard Republicans say "We're not a democracy, we're a republic," which demonstrates they don't know what either word means. We are indeed a constitutional republic (the ...

What has happened to the system of checks and balances intended to safeguard our form of government? In just a decade, a “rogue” (my view) president, combined with a majority party of sycophants in ...

I am a life-long resident of Idaho. I have grave concerns about the current state of checks and balances within the government. As originally intended, the legislative, executive and judicial branches ...