Each ruling reaffirms the principles designed to maintain a balance of power and protect the rights of citizens against overreach, whether from the state or the judiciary itself.

To cover the Supreme Court these days is to catalogue its lawlessness. The conservative justices’ latest decision in McMahon v. New York allows the president to effectively demolish the Department of Education—a Cabinet-level department that was created by Congress,

Lower-court judges have already blocked several Trump's policies including an asylum ban at the US-Mexico border.

The case marks the Supreme Court’s first major ruling of Trump’s second term—though more are likely to follow.

The Supreme Court’s ruling last month that all but blocked lower courts’ ability to temporarily halt obviously illegal or unconstitutional presidential policies has set our nation back centuries. Literally.

Seven lawyers who spoke with Reuters cited a punishing workload and the need to defend policies that some felt were not legally justifiable among the key reasons for the wave of departures.

The Education Department has pledged to carry out required functions, but questions remain about its plan for contending with the loss of staff.