An M.I.A. Congress Exacerbates the Clash Between Trump and the Courts
Congress has to step up and take some responsibility for the shaping of public policy.
Despite the hand-wringing of the commentariat, the fights between the Trump White House and some federal trial judges has yet to reach a “constitutional crisis.” A few federal district judges have issued scores of injunctions temporarily blocking some elements of Trump’s agenda for his first 100 days. But rather than a breakdown in the constitutional order, this jostling fulfills the Framers’ design...