What would the framers of the Constitution have thought about President Trump’s maximalist view of executive power? I explored that question in an essay that ran over the long weekend. Readers had a lot to say in response. Their comments, and particularly their objections, help illuminate the subject. I’ll summarize them in a minute. First,…
All six conservative members of the Supreme Court attended President Trump’s state dinner Tuesday honoring King Charles, the night before they heard an important case about Mr. Trump’s immigration policies. None of the three liberal justices were present. It was not clear whether the missing justices had been invited. But the picture created by the…
Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power. April 18, 2026 Just after 6 p.m. on a February evening in 2016, the Supreme Court issued a cryptic, one paragraph ruling that sent both climate policy and the court itself spinning in new…
