My request to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker: I am writing to express my strong opposition to the president’s unilateral decision to initiate military action in the Middle East without clear congressional ...

Tariffs — i.e., taxes — spending and wars. Last time I checked, they were all congressional duties according to our Constitution. Historically, King Charles I lost his head for imposing taxes without ...

Military officers take an oath when they receive their commission. So, not only will the members of Congress not do their job of stopping Donald Trump from violating the Constitution by not following ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The U.S. Congress has priorities without which other Constitutional corrections cannot be made and ...

I remember when congressional Republicans used to wave around pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution. The Republican fidelity to that document has seemingly diminished of late. Here is a refresher on ...

The Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress. The current occupant of the White House does not know this, or if he does, he does not care. He has initiated three undeclared wars: with ...

Re “Abdication of duty” (Our Views, March 8): The editorial board is correct to raise the dysfunction of a Congress unwilling to raise reasonable checks on the president. This parallels the ...

The Constitution be damned, full speed ahead seems to be the theme of the current regime in Washington. Never mind the Constitution in Article I, Section VIII, Item 1 gives Congress sole power to ...

According to complaints, some military commanders allegedly told troops that the war with Iran was “part of God’s divine plan,” and that the president had been “anointed by Jesus” to trigger events ...