The judiciary exists to interpret laws and ensure they comply with the Constitution. If the executive branch were to violate the constitutional rights of individuals—for example, by attempting to ...

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As the 250th anniversary of our independence approaches, let us linger over the most important sentence that James Madison ever wrote, and the most relevant to the current moment. “The accumulation of ...

Montesquieu’s separation of powers assumed authority would be exercised through visible institutions. The AI era shifts this. Power operates through invisible infrastructure: Terms-of-service ...