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While the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority is pushing the law rightward, the justices appointed by GOP presidents don't always row in sync.
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The New Republic on MSNThe Supreme Court Says Laws Aren’t RealTo cover the Supreme Court these days is to catalogue its lawlessness. The conservative justices’ latest decision in McMahon v. New York allows the president to effectively demolish the Department of Education—a Cabinet-level department that was created by Congress,
In an unsigned order with no explanation, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked lower-court orders that had stopped President Donald Trump from shuttering the Department of Education.
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In their decision allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education, the justices didn’t offer one word of reasoning.
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The New Republic on MSNThe Supreme Court’s Most Worrisome Non-DecisionThe Roberts Court has asked for reargument in a key redistricting case, a move that strongly suggests the conservative majority is about to whack the Voting Rights Act again.
Without explanation, the majority blocked lower court orders halting President Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education. That erodes the rule of law.
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By a two-to-one margin, the public believes justices prioritize politics over the law. That's a disaster for the Supreme Court as an institution.
Mark Joseph Stern: Under federal law, Trump cannot remove Powell over a policy disagreement. Federal law expressly allows for the removal of the Fed’s board members only for “cause”—something like abuse of office or malfeasance. That means Trump can’t just sack Powell because Trump wants to slash rates and Powell wants to keep them steady.
New analysis reveals the justices with whom Barrett most and least agreed during the Court's most recent term.
Many legal commentators apparently believe that, in the term that just ended, the Supreme Court further enabled President Donald Trump. The court did, in fact, issue a series of conservative decisions that Trump likes.