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We hear about checks and balances first — and often last — in high school current events classes: Democratic republics have checks and balances which stabilize them, keeping them from spinning out of ...

As such history vividly demonstrates, checks and balances are not theoretical. They are the living framework that guards against injustice. Without courts to scrutinize executive actions, or ...

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George Mason University professor emeritus writes that state Supreme Court case will determine constitutional balance of power Governors appoint university boards, but the General Assembly must ...