The supreme court has struck a blow to Trump’s corruption machine | David Sirota

The supreme court has deferred to executive power for decades. Its decision on tariffs is a long-overdue warning After two decades of deferring to executive authority and eroding anti-bribery laws, the supreme court has suddenly limited presidential power in a way that could make one ugly form of political influence a bit more difficult to pull off. Last week’s ruling did not merely strip one president of his executive power to unilaterally impose levies across broad swaths of the economy – i...

By David Sirota