So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump’s policies agreeable but worry about his overreach on policy and personnel.
That’s one political meme refuted by the court’s Learning Resources v. Trump decision last Friday, announced, after more than the expected delay for the drafting of concurring opinions. The court struck down Donald Trump’s beloved tariffs, with only one Republican-appointed justice taking the president’s side while the majority made up of three Republican-appointed and three Democratic-appointed justices.
