Executive Power, Judicial Review, and Constitutional Accountability in the United States: Reassessing Presidential Authority in Contemporary Democratic Governance
Abstract
This article examines the contemporary relationship among executive power, judicial review, and constitutional accountability in the United States through developments from 2022 to 2026. It treats presidential authority as constitutionally significant but institutionally bounded rather than as a single, unlimited power. Recent Supreme Court decisions have strengthened presidential control in some settings while restricting presidential action in others. Judicial review has simultaneously become more independent in statutory interpretation after Chevron deference was displaced. Emergency economic authority has also been narrowed where Congress did not clearly authorize tariffs. Remedial doctrine has changed through limits on universal injunctions. The article concludes that constitutional accountability increasingly depends on the interaction of text, statutory authorization, judicial remedies, congressional design, and institutional compliance rather than on any single branch acting alone.
Keywords: Executive Power, Judicial Review, Constitutional Accountability, Separation of Powers, Presidential Authority, United States
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