Executive Power

Union ships seized vessels trading with the Confederacy under Lincoln's 1861 blockade proclamation, issued without a congressional...

The Watergate special prosecutor subpoenaed tapes and documents after cover-up indictments, and Nixon claimed absolute executive p...

Yaser Esam Hamdi, an American citizen captured in Afghanistan, was held in a Navy brig without charges. Justice O'Connor, announci...

Salim Hamdan, once a driver for Osama bin Laden, faced trial by military commission established by executive order. Justice Steven...

Facing a nationwide steel strike during the Korean War in 1952, President Harry Truman ordered Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer t...

The case arose from the federal prosecution of Donald Trump for efforts to overturn the 2020 election. On July 1, 2024, Chief Just...