![The legal theory that would make Trump the most powerful president in US history](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2195744920.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0089269773254799%2C100%2C99.982146045349&w=2400)
Meet the “unitary executive.”
![The legal theory that would make Trump the most powerful president in US history](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2195744920.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0089269773254799%2C100%2C99.982146045349&w=2400)
Meet the “unitary executive.”
![The anti-Trump lawsuits are here](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/logoff_1920x1280-2.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The anti-Trump lawsuits are here](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/logoff_1920x1280-2.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The courts are the biggest remaining impediment to Trump’s power grab.
![Brett Kavanaugh has very bad news for Donald Trump](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1094199896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=11.425%2C0%2C77.15%2C100&w=2400)
![Brett Kavanaugh has very bad news for Donald Trump](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1094199896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C6.7941240008641%2C100%2C86.411751998272&w=2400)
A federal judge just blocked Trump’s domestic spending freeze. His opinion relies heavily on another one by Justice Kavanaugh.
![The one big question looming over Trump’s power grabs](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2194921722.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The one big question looming over Trump’s power grabs](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2194921722.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
No one knows if the Supreme Court will enforce the law against Trump.
The latest in Supreme Court
![This obscure budget procedure could be Trump’s biggest weapon](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1259028789.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663882392249%2C0%2C66.672235215503%2C100&w=2400)
![This obscure budget procedure could be Trump’s biggest weapon](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1259028789.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0041760628079786%2C100%2C99.991647874384&w=2400)
How Trump could attempt to cut Medicaid, school funding, and more — without Congress.
![A new Supreme Court case would force the government to create religious public schools](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2195167016.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![A new Supreme Court case would force the government to create religious public schools](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2195167016.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
The Roberts Court’s slash-and-burn approach to the separation of church and state is unlikely to end any time soon.
![A federal judge already blocked Trump’s single most unconstitutional action](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2194365366.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A federal judge already blocked Trump’s single most unconstitutional action](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2194365366.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The president cannot unilaterally repeal parts of the 14th Amendment.
![Biden’s last-minute preemptive pardons, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2184590427.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.673728813559%2C0%2C66.652542372881%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden’s last-minute preemptive pardons, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2184590427.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.010593220338983%2C0%2C99.978813559322%2C100&w=2400)
The outgoing president pardoned Anthony Fauci and the January 6 committee — but the pardons give only limited protection.
![The Supreme Court’s decision upholding the TikTok ban, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2192575772.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663474430186%2C0%2C66.673051139628%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court’s decision upholding the TikTok ban, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2192575772.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0047878961984082%2C100%2C99.990424207603&w=2400)
Nothing in the Court’s TikTok opinion should surprise anyone who has followed the case.
![The Supreme Court seems eager to curb First Amendment protections for porn](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2152712748.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court seems eager to curb First Amendment protections for porn](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2152712748.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A major free speech argument about pornographic websites went disastrously for the porn industry.
![A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for cancer](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1229565563.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.720779220779%2C0%2C66.558441558442%2C100&w=2400)
![A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for cancer](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1229565563.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.081168831168831%2C0%2C99.837662337662%2C100&w=2400)
Becerra v. Braidwood Management threatens to make your health insurance worse.
![The Supreme Court doesn’t seem likely to save TikTok](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2192603215.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court doesn’t seem likely to save TikTok](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2192603215.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
If you’re a professional TikTok creator, it’s probably time to get a new job.
![The Supreme Court hands Trump a loss in his bid for legal immunity](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1229305392.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.483993731811%2C0%2C71.032012536378%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court hands Trump a loss in his bid for legal immunity](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1229305392.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.0728017648913%2C100%2C93.854396470217&w=2400)
The Court’s order is exceedingly narrow, but it is still a loss for Trump.
![Trump asks the Supreme Court to place him even further above the law](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1094199898.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=10.4875%2C0%2C79.025%2C100&w=2400)
![Trump asks the Supreme Court to place him even further above the law](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1094199898.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C7.8192555098598%2C100%2C84.36148898028&w=2400)
Trump is appealing to the same six Republicans who already ruled that he has broad immunity from the law. So he’s probably going to win.
![Biden’s DOJ just asked the Supreme Court to do a huge favor for Donald Trump](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2192140121.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden’s DOJ just asked the Supreme Court to do a huge favor for Donald Trump](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2192140121.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
The Court has a chance to resolve a years-long fight over “nationwide injunctions,” just days before Trump takes office.
![TikTok should lose its big Supreme Court case](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24405568/1450835668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.735320205783%2C0%2C68.529359588434%2C100&w=2400)
![TikTok should lose its big Supreme Court case](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24405568/1450835668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.7180947450168%2C100%2C97.281905254983&w=2400)
The Supreme Court case asking if the government can ban TikTok is easier than it looks.
![The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-1745114665.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.9697265625%2C0%2C62.060546875%2C100&w=2400)
![The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-1745114665.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=3.45458984375%2C0%2C93.0908203125%2C100&w=2400)
Texas asks the justices to abandon longstanding First Amendment protections for sexual speech.
![The long decline of the American death penalty, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2188331234.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The long decline of the American death penalty, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2188331234.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
President Biden’s latest move against the death penalty is part of a much larger nationwide trend.
![The Supreme Court’s new abortion case should be an easy win for Planned Parenthood](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25126424/1501253778.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.630434782609%2C0%2C66.739130434783%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court’s new abortion case should be an easy win for Planned Parenthood](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25126424/1501253778.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.054288816503799%2C100%2C99.891422366992&w=2400)
Although nothing is ever certain in this Supreme Court.
![The Supreme Court will race to decide whether the government may ban TikTok](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24919547/GettyImages_1250141199.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.648831817371%2C0%2C66.702336365258%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court will race to decide whether the government may ban TikTok](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24919547/GettyImages_1250141199.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.026737967914436%2C100%2C99.946524064171&w=2400)
The federal law targeting TikTok takes effect January 19. The Supreme Court appears likely to resolve this case by then.
![A new Supreme Court case about religion has a hidden trap for workers](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24593657/1458032851.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.480871548011%2C0%2C67.038256903978%2C100&w=2400)
![A new Supreme Court case about religion has a hidden trap for workers](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24593657/1458032851.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.27714789619552%2C100%2C99.445704207609&w=2400)
Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin has a sympathetic plaintiff, and alarmingly high stakes for workers.
![The Supreme Court wades into the Israel-Palestine conflict](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-1094200330.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.217391304348%2C0%2C69.565217391304%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court wades into the Israel-Palestine conflict](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-1094200330.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.0833333333333%2C100%2C95.833333333333&w=2400)
What could possibly go wrong?
![The horrifying implications of today’s Supreme Court argument on trans rights](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2188248769.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.645933014354%2C0%2C68.708133971292%2C100&w=2400)
![The horrifying implications of today’s Supreme Court argument on trans rights](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2188248769.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.4856081708449%2C100%2C97.02878365831&w=2400)
The Court appears likely to uphold bans on gender-affirming care, and may gut the rules barring all forms of sex discrimination in the process.
![The Supreme Court seems likely to reverse a ridiculous decision about vaping](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2152455773.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.671860392646%2C0%2C66.656279214709%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court seems likely to reverse a ridiculous decision about vaping](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2152455773.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0077905889685184%2C0%2C99.984418822063%2C100&w=2400)
The justices spent Monday morning reminding us that the Court can always get worse under Trump.
![The huge stakes in a Supreme Court case about vaping](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/gettyimages-2171379877.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The huge stakes in a Supreme Court case about vaping](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/gettyimages-2171379877.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The justices face the awkward task of reviewing some very shoddy work by Judge Andy Oldham, a potential future colleague.
![A GOP Supreme Court will now decide the fate of transgender Americans](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/gettyimages-1174752369.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.661290322581%2C0%2C66.677419354839%2C100&w=2400)
![A GOP Supreme Court will now decide the fate of transgender Americans](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/gettyimages-1174752369.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0080632156103846%2C100%2C99.983873568779&w=2400)
The legal question in United States v. Skrmetti is whether the word “all” means “all.” There’s no guarantee that this Court will say that it does.
![Trump’s tariffs could tank the economy. Will the Supreme Court stop them?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/gettyimages-2183214747.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663749343602%2C0%2C66.672501312795%2C100&w=2400)
![Trump’s tariffs could tank the economy. Will the Supreme Court stop them?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/gettyimages-2183214747.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0043756016452292%2C100%2C99.99124879671&w=2400)
President-elect Trump is his own worst enemy, unless his fellow Republicans on the Supreme Court intervene.
![The criminal cases against Donald Trump are now basically dead](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-2183214745.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The criminal cases against Donald Trump are now basically dead](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-2183214745.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Turns out all of those indictments were pointless.
![The strange case that the Supreme Court keeps refusing to decide](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/gettyimages-894670834.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The strange case that the Supreme Court keeps refusing to decide](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/gettyimages-894670834.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A mysterious Supreme Court case could change everything about criminal punishment.
![The big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new, absurdly messy gerrymandering case](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/gettyimages-1227675803.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.216666666667%2C0%2C67.566666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new, absurdly messy gerrymandering case](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/gettyimages-1227675803.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.6660088801184%2C100%2C98.667982239763&w=2400)
Several federal courts are fighting over Louisiana’s congressional maps.
![The Supreme Court decides not to toss out thousands of Pennsylvania ballots](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-2180210811.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court decides not to toss out thousands of Pennsylvania ballots](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-2180210811.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
One of the worst ideas in US constitutional law will remain dead.
![The Republican Supreme Court just blessed an illegal voter purge](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/gettyimages-2161872369.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The Republican Supreme Court just blessed an illegal voter purge](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/gettyimages-2161872369.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
This is the latest in a string of favors this Court has done for the Republican Party.
![The Trumpiest judges in America want to toss out thousands of lawfully cast ballots](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/gettyimages-1246635413.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Trumpiest judges in America want to toss out thousands of lawfully cast ballots](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/gettyimages-1246635413.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
It’s probably not going to work, though.
![A new Supreme Court case could change the result of the presidential election](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25270109/1047780944.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
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Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of Pennsylvania voters.
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It depends on how much Harris can run up the score.
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Three reasons Trump’s lawyers have less to work with in 2024 if they attempt a coup.
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Top Democrats understand that the Supreme Court is a problem, but fixing this problem is nightmarishly difficult.
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Robert Roberson was sentenced to die on a theory that’s now widely viewed with skepticism by medical experts.
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If Harris wins, the Republican Party will almost certainly be able to veto anything she does, thanks to our broken Constitution.
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It’s unclear how the Supreme Court will resolve an unusually messy death penalty case.
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The justices appear skeptical of “ghost guns.”
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Supreme Court journalists should tell the truth about what’s going on at the Court.
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The state’s Republican attorney general took the rare step of asking the Supreme Court to set aside Richard Glossip’s capital conviction.
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The Court considers legalizing “ghost guns,” untraceable weapons that evade laws intended to keep guns away from criminals.
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