Emergency Declarations and Separation of Powers: The U.S. Constitutional Order in the Era of Trump

By Tanner Weigel, Staff Writer In the United States, the three branches of the federal government perform different functions, which are enumerated in the U.S. Constitution. In theory, then, these branches of government hold equal standing, but provide checks and balances on each other. For example, Presidents can veto bills that come out of the […]