The high court’s decision could well affect two of four charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump in federal court.
In the past 40 years, executive branch agencies have accrued an impressive array of prerogatives, often with judicial assistance or at least judicial acquiescence.
Quoting the late Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas opines that for too long and on too many occasions, the Supreme Court has “proclaimed itself sole arbiter of our nation’s moral standards.”
