America is a presidential republic that functions ... The greater norm is division or Republican unitary government. Another objection might be that this reformed system would be less democratic ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's broad assertions of power appear to be advancing an aggressive version of a legal doctrine called the "unitary executive" theory that envisions vast ...

Unitary executive theory is most often discussed ... When John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh—attorneys who served in Republican presidential administrations—became Supreme Court ...

These actions set up cases that could provide the conservative-dominated Supreme Court an opportunity to codify what was once a fringe theory of presidential power. Moves along one front would ...

In previous unitary executive cases, the Court’s Republican majority has shown it is absolutely committed to an expansive view of presidential power — including the power to fire officials who ...

In the past four decades, both Republican ... and presidential administrations since. Mr. Trump may ultimately win in court, but the best historical research throws the whole idea of a unitary ...

Vough, helped promote a "unitary executive theory" ahead of Trump ... is composed of three separate branches" and "argues that presidential power over federal agencies is absolute." ...

But Bush didn’t embrace this expansive definition of presidential ... republic.” But while Roberts tried to cloak the mission in lofty, principled rhetoric, today’s proponents of the unitary ...

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s taste ... are buzzing with ways he could use a radical interpretation of “unitary executive theory” to amass unprecedented power as president.

Welcome to the program. JEFFREY ROSEN: Great to be here. INSKEEP: OK. First, what is the unitary theory of presidential power? ROSEN: The unitary theory of presidential power says that the ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo – presidential ... which enshrined a presidential-unitary system. Path toward change — fed-parl govt Only through the revision of the 1987 Constitution ...

Unitary Executive' Theory May Reach Supreme ... argue that Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which delineates presidential powers, gives the president sole authority over the federal ...