An influential conservative legal scholar who once clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas has raised alarm bells at the Supreme Court’s recent trend of handing President Donald Trump more power, warning that it defies the original interpretation of the Constitution.
Over the last nine months, the conservative wing of the court has expanded Trump’s authority, allowing him to remake the federal government in his vision, including by firing the heads of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission, National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board.
