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Trump v. Slaughter · ¶257

Today, the Court discards that democratic regime in favor of one that distorts the structure of Government to ft the majority's theory of unitary, total executive control. The result is a President who emerges with far greater power than ever before. It is a power, however, that neither the People, nor Congress, nor the Constitution bestowed upon him. In granting the President this unbridled authority, the Court upends its precedent, misconstrues our history, and sheds any pretense of judicial modesty. I respectfully dissent.
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