With an aggressive reading of the Constitution, the president aims to upend the balance of power in Washington.

The administration is showing it doesn’t view the House and Senate as equal partners. So far, Republicans, who hold both majorities, are accepting their new status.

For nearly 250 years, the American system of government has been defined by the separation of powers between three coequal branches of government.

In order for the United States to remain “a government of laws, not of men,” the editors write, all officials entrusted with elected authority must recognize the constraints on their own power.

Trump is testing congressional power and Republican fealty on three major fronts this week as he steers the country into a backyard trade war.