separation of powers

Allocate New York justices based on population
Articles, Commentary, Nation World
FRANK CARUSO syracuse.com 
Jun 03, 2025
NIAGARA FALLS (TNS) — There is general agreement that New York state needs to expand the number of Supreme Court justices to tackle a mammoth backlog ...
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Presidents and their pardons
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 22, 2025
Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’r...
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Biden and the Supreme Court
Commentary, Nation World
SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
Aug 05, 2024
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Just three months after he was sworn into office in 2021, President Joe Biden disposed of a troublesome campaign issue using the o...
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Supreme Court dragged into politics
Commentary, Nation World
NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
Aug 02, 2024
DETROIT (TNS) — President Joe Biden is treating the Constitution as a mere suggestion in calling for sweeping changes to the United States Supreme Cou...
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RTW: Has high court unleashed absolute rule by emperor?
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
MARK MILLER Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jul 11, 2024
The nation’s media, consumed with President Joe Biden’s troubled debate performance, has given little attention to the July 1 decision by the U.S. Sup...
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The ‘lawfare’ against Donald Trump is collapsing
Commentary, Nation World
SUSAN SHELLEY The Orange County Register 
Jul 08, 2024
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity didn’t sit well at all with the current occupant of the office. “The Am...
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Letter to the Editor: Why not call him king?
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Jul 05, 2024
If he can require payment before offering a pardon, why not call him king? If he can use military force against American citizens, why not call him ki...
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Small New York towns masquerading as democracies
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
RONALD FRASER Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jul 01, 2024
Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign pits Americans who favor a citizen-based, democratic form of government against those who seek to centralize...
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Reining in bureaucratic overreach
Commentary, Nation World
Jul 01, 2024
The Supreme Court is releasing decisions in a handful of remaining cases into early July. In the meantime, the justices have struck a blow for freedom...
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Progressive Perspective: Trump and the separation of powers
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
MARTHA TILLINGER Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Jul 08, 2019
As we celebrate the Fourth of July in the U.S., we celebrate our ancestors who won independence from British rule. We also celebrate our Constitution ...
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