The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump

by David A. Kaplan

What exactly is the difference between “making the law” and “interpreting the law”? It’s merely about whether you like the way the justices voted in today’s case.

Why try persuading millions of citizens to endorse a position when all you need is five of nine appointed justices? When demonstrators convene outside the Court, they surely miss the irony that they’re marching right past the Capitol across the street.

When the votes of justices in controversial cases can be predicted at the outset, constitutional law simply becomes partisan politics by another name.