The Hundred-Year Court and the Flash-in-the-Pan Presidency

At about this time last year, the Roberts Court seemed like an arm of the Trump administration. On its so-called shadow docket—where it considers emergency applications without a full briefing or a hearing—the Supreme Court gave the White House victory after early victory. Over the past year, however, the mood has changed: The Court handed the president major losses on two of his signature policy initiatives, birthright citizenship and global tariffs. Seeing these decisions, some might hope…