Post #79515 by Goofyhoofy on the US Policy board

Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (1)

Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

No. of Recommendations: 4

The Supreme Court Is About to Decide Four Cases Defining Trump’s Power

Decisions involving immigration and power to fire government officials will help shape president’s relationship with the court WASHINGTON—Ever since President Trump returned to office last January, he and the Supreme Court have been locked in an uneasy tango. Now, the tempo is about to quicken. Over the next two weeks, the court will race to clear its docket before the justices take their annual summer break. Four remaining cases involve Trump’s aggressive efforts to expand his own power. In at least a couple of them, the justices seem inclined to rein him in. What the court says—and how it says it—will help define its relationship with a pugnacious president for the remainder of his time in office. The justices are weighing whether Trump can redefine birthright citizenship, fire a governor of the Federal Reserve, consolidate power over independent agencies and strip protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Though the four cases turn on different legal issues, together they will send a strong signal about how far the court’s conservative majority is willing to let Trump go, legal experts say. “There’s a growing number of people who think that the court is just a rubber stamp for Trump,” said Stephen Wermiel, a law professor at American University. “I don’t know if the court cares about that perception or not, but this would be the moment to say that they’re still engaging in their own constitutional interpretation and not simply taking the president’s cue.”

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-supreme-co...

Anybody taking bets on how Thomas and Alito will rule?

Print the post

Post New

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (1)

Prev | Next

Announcements

US Policy FAQ

Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

A community forum supporting civilized, and highly helpful, self-educating investors that come together for Shrewdness and merry spirits. These message boards closely follow the look and feel of the old message boards at boards.fool.com prior to the boards redirected to discussion.fool.com. Shrewd'm is not affiliated with the comprehensive and excellent investment website, The Motley Fool (TMF), in any way. The Shrewd commmunity here has owed, and continues to owe, gratitude to The Motley Fool for nurturing a culture of jovial irreverence towards Wall St, and that tradition will continue here.