“From the first the murdered President had never had a chance of surviving,” wrote The Economist on September 21st 1901. William McKinley had died eight days after an assassin shot him. The spotlight ...

However, the complex history of the War Powers Resolution clock demonstrates it is a toothless milestone. The Trump ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that ...

Since the Constitution's ratification in 1789, the power to go to war has steadily shifted toward the President. In the 21st century, the President is far more powerful than George Washington was at ...

Whether a nation has just cause to begin a war and whether it conducts that war justly are matters of international law. Whether a U.S. President has the power to declare war is a matter of American ...