America’s long history of ‘checks and balances’ is being tested by Trump like rarely before One historian says the framers of American democracy “had great distrust of concentrated ...

The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches.

The principle of "checks and balances" is rooted in the Constitution's design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches.

President Donald Trump is testing the principle of checks and balances by signing executive orders, by closing or sharply reducing government agencies that are funded by Congress, and by ...