S cholars and observers have long noted that the academy leans leftward. In the 1970s, the sociologist and political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset conducted a survey of professors and found that ...

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 ...

In our political system, checks and balances are the mechanisms that equitably distribute power. Checks and balances prevent any one institution or individual from exercising too much independent ...