When You’re a Star, the Supreme Court Lets You Do It

When You’re a Star, the Supreme Court Lets You Do It

Don Moynihan: “A couple of months ago, the major concern was what would happen when Trump defied the courts. A more complicated picture is now emerging. One that mixes quiet but unmistakable defiance of court decisions by the Trump administration with encouragement from the six Republican-appointed Justices who sit atop the judicial branch.” “This is an arguably worse scenario, since it provides a veneer of legalism even as it replaces the rule …

Welcome to Trump World: The Supreme Court Has Paved the Way for Presidential Lawlessness

Who bears the greatest responsibility for the slow, strategic dismantling of American democracy? It’s not Donald Trump, not a billionaire oligarch, and not even a spineless member of Congress. In my view, the most consequential enabler of this democratic decay…