Will Trump Provoke a Crisis for the US Supreme Court

The court can only rescue Trump from the Colorado ruling by shredding originalism and textualism. Will it?
‘Supporting Trump’s free and full license above the law would in this case expose the conservative majority’s originalism as a hollow conceit.’ Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

Donald Trump’s packing of the supreme court, to which he appointed three members, to create a reliable conservative majority, has been hailed by the right as his greatest achievement. The Wall Street Journal editorial page has stated that the most important prospect of a second Trump term would be his appointment of federal judges in their mold. But Trump’s candidacy for that second term now poses an existential threat to the legitimacy of the court’s conservative majority.

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