coequal

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The documents meanwhile show that Smith was personally aware of this intrusion into a coequal branch of government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Voters can hold incumbents accountable in elections — political scientists call this “vertical accountability” — as can coequal branches of government, which we call “horizontal accountability.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

The confrontation between two supposedly coequal branches of government has reached a critical stage.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

John Roberts, respectfully, has long ago taken the decision that he is simply one coequal vote among nine.

From Slate • May 22, 2024

He points out the fact that the House of Lords has never in modern times been, as a House, coequal in power with the House of Commons.

From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Wilson, Woodrow