The Supreme Court’s Check on Trump’s Power Was Too Close for Comfort

 The Supreme Court’s Check on Trump’s Power Was Too Close for Comfort

Ruth Marcus writes about the Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship and how the ideological rift in the judicial branch is growing.

If anything, this term served to reinforce the dominance of the conservative majority, its willingness to overturn precedents, and the ideological chasm between the Courts liberal and conservative wi…