Adam Liptak

(The Docket) What would the framers of the Constitution have thought about President Donald Trump's maximalist view of executive power?

Critics say it is unseemly for retired judges to trade on the prestige of their former positions.

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An unlikely trio of justices issued a slashing critique of plea bargains that included several references to orangutans.

The split mirrored one that has long divided Americans: how seriously to take the president’s loose, provocative and sometimes ugly remarks.

In twin rulings, the justices said President Trump could fire independent regulators for any reason but explicitly affirmed the Fed’s independence and said its leaders could not be fired at will.

In a rare dissent from the bench, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the Supreme Court undid “centuries of political practice,” and that the court concluded that the federal government had been acting in “open defiance of the Constitution.”

The chief justice faced down the president, forged unlikely coalitions and achieved long-sought goals.

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Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first justices to appear before lawmakers since 2019, are seeking millions of dollars to address security concerns amid rising threats.