Will the Supreme Court be confrontational or passive-aggressive with regard to Trump’s power grabs? That is the question I have raised many times over the past few months; so far, the answer is the latter. The Court has mixed statements regarding judicial power and independence with actual decisions that favor Trump, at least in the short run.
Will this pattern continue? As time goes on, it will become more difficult for the Court to avoid direct confrontations. If public support for Trump collapses as a result of the tariffs, that would make the Court’s job easier. But for now, the safest assumption is that Trump will continue to get what he wants, with a side of rhetoric that he doesn’t like.