Learning Resources: Trump’s Plan to Nuke the Global Economy Prompts Conservative Justices to Remember That the Constitution Exists
Jonathan Stephens
February 20, 2026
> Rejected Jack Bauer plotlines aside, though, the Republican justices were sufficiently hostile to the administration’s arguments on Wednesday to suggest that, together with the Democratic justices, there are enough votes to find the current tariff scheme unlawful. But please do not mistake this for a willingness to take a stand against Trump’s lawbreaking. What the Court’s conservatives have shown since Trump took office is that they have no problem letting the administration run roughshod over laws, just as long as that lawbreaking comes at the expense of people of color, not the stock market.
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