The Supreme Court stepped into an important constitutional dispute Monday between President Obama and congressional Republicans over the chief executive's power to make recess appointments. The ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Simon Hofer is a fourth grader now, but he recalls the times back in his younger days when teachers would take recess away from him as a form of classroom discipline. He didn't like ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans and business groups told a federal appeals court Wednesday that President Barack Obama violated the Constitution earlier this year when he bypassed the Senate to fill ...

Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences. On Monday, the Supreme Court's nine fine minds will hear oral arguments about the meaning of "the" and "happen." What ...

WASHINGTON — Two pro-business advocacy groups on Friday filed the first legal challenge to President Barack Obama's recent recess appointments, asking a federal judge to find them unconstitutional.