New Yorker Podcast: Supreme Court's Conservative Majority Defers to Trump's Executive Power

The New Yorker's Ruth Marcus joins Tyler Foggatt on The Political Scene podcast to analyze the Supreme Court's recent term, focusing on how the conservative supermajority is reshaping executive power. They discuss rulings on immigration, transgender athletes, and the President's authority to fire heads of independent federal agencies. The episode highlights that those hoping the judiciary would act as a counterweight to President Trump were mostly disappointed, as the Court showed a willingness to defer to expansive executive power.

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Those hoping for the judiciary to act as a counterweight to President Trump this term were mostly left disappointed.

The New Yorker contributing writer Ruth Marcus joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the Supreme Court's now concluded term and what some of the recent decisions indicate about the bench's willingness to check President Trump's use of executive power.

They talk about the Court's rulings on immigration, transgender athletes, the President's authority to fire heads of independent federal agencies, and what various opinions reveal about the Republican-appointed Justices' tendency to...

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