***“Once this Court reads a doubtful statute as granting the executive branch a given power, that power may prove almost impossible for Congress to retrieve.” This argument closely tracks his observation during oral argument that, without a veto-proof supermajority, “Congress, as a practical matter, can’t get this power back once it’s handed it over to the President. It’s a one-way ratchet toward the gradual but continual accretion of power in the executive branch and away from the people’s elected Representative.”***
Leave A Reply
Du musst angemeldet sein, um einen Kommentar abzugeben.
Ein Kommentar
***Gifted Read:***
[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/gorsuch-supreme-court-tariffs/686129/?gift=9raHaW-OKg2bN8oaIFlCoo23ufoKOcuh9-sv8tb4WsY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/gorsuch-supreme-court-tariffs/686129/?gift=9raHaW-OKg2bN8oaIFlCoo23ufoKOcuh9-sv8tb4WsY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)
Excerpt:
***“Once this Court reads a doubtful statute as granting the executive branch a given power, that power may prove almost impossible for Congress to retrieve.” This argument closely tracks his observation during oral argument that, without a veto-proof supermajority, “Congress, as a practical matter, can’t get this power back once it’s handed it over to the President. It’s a one-way ratchet toward the gradual but continual accretion of power in the executive branch and away from the people’s elected Representative.”***