Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch.

The executive branch maneuvered this result deftly.

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.

In very rare circumstances, the executive branch might choose to ignore a court decision.

build a more muscular executive branch.

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.