Trump v. Slaughter · ¶175

Ninety years of precedent and 140 years of consistent political practice should have been more than enough to resolve this case. They are not enough, however, for the majority. Instead, the majority disregards “a venerable and accepted tradition” after placing it “on the examining table” and “scrutiniz[ing] its conformity to” the majority’s own “abstract” theory of unitary executive control. Rutan, 497 U. S. 62, at 95–96 (Scalia, J., dissenting).

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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