What the Roberts Court Is Actually Trying to Accomplish
By striking down President Trump’s tariffs, the Supreme Court has once again shown that it is no partisan instrument of Republican power. Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the decision, has a much more ambitious goal in mind.
A common myth holds that the current court is a 6–3 conservative institution that protects Trump and the GOP—that it is “enabling” him and giving him a “free pass” or a “blank check.” But basic accounting shows that this isn’t true.