Trump has shaped the Supreme Court, but it could still hinder his agenda
President-elect Donald Trump's ambitious agenda could face pushback from an institution he has done much to shape: the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda could face pushback from an institution he has done much to shape: the Supreme Court.
With a 6-3 conservative majority including three Trump appointees, the court has spent the last few years buffeted by criticism from the left. But if the justices stick true to their stated jurisprudential principles, the new administration could end up on the losing side at least some of the time, legal experts say.
“I think if President Trump’s executive agencies tried to stretch the law beyond the breaking point in the same kind of way that the Biden administration has done then, yes, the courts will be a check on that power,” said John Malcolm, a lawyer at the Trump-allied Heritage Foundation.
Brianne Gorod, a lawyer with the left-leaning Constitutional Accountability Center, said while in certain rulings the court has failed to hold Trump accountable, it still has a key role to play.
“Trump has made clear that going forward he is going to be even less concerned with abiding by the Constitution and federal law than he was the last time he was in the White House, so the courts, including the Supreme Court, are on notice that their role as a vital check in our constitutional system will be tested,” she added.
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