The Supreme Court might actually stand up to Trump

President Donald Trump passes by Chief Justice John Roberts before delivering his State of the Union speech on February 4, 2020. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Supreme Court’s Wednesday morning argument on President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariffs went better for him than the 2025 elections, but only slightly so. At least two of the Court’s Republicans — Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett — appeared very likely to join the three Democratic justices in striking down those tariffs, and they will likely be joined by Chief Justice John Roberts. Though that does leave three v