It is the legislative branch and not the courts that is the proper institution for answering these questions.

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In law, he established the principle of judicial review, giving the courts authority over the political branch.

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For much of our history, U.S. courts have granted the executive branch a great deal of leeway in determining the scope of this immunity because it is the executive branch that is responsible for international relations.

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Because there, the courts have said under our Constitution that the executive branch's Constitutional authority - to answer the question of one of your previous callers - to protect classified information comes into direct conflict with the criminal defendant's right to a full and complete defense under a number of amendments to our Constitution.

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It's the Executive Branch's ability to keep sensitive information out of civil litigation in the courts.

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Then of course, the third equal branch of government, the Judiciary, tests the constitutionality of laws through a myriad of circuit and appellate courts sometimes culminating into a landmark Supreme Court case.

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The state courts are again being the pioneers in using new technology to improve transparency and access to the judicial branch of government.

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