The Chevron doctrine was an idea invented by the Supreme Court 40 years ago that, whatever the reasoning and intention, effectively gave executive agencies the power to make law. The Supreme Court in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These days there is much discussion about the constitutional powers of Congress, the president and the courts. The questions ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Joyce Deboy (Nov. 15 letter) wants us to believe that it is “un-American” to force others to obey ...

In Michigan, you need a license to cut hair, roof a house or operate a polygraph machine. But you need no training at all to write the laws that govern those professions. Elected officials make ...

If making laws is like making sausages, as the old saying goes, then Roger Lin wants to provide local governments with a top-of-the-line digital sausage maker. Lin is the founder of Legislaide, ...