President Trump is on a collision course with the Supreme Court, a trajectory that threatens to put the justices in the middle of the 2020 election.Disputes over congressional subpoenas for documents and testimony, as well as legal battles over administration policies and Trump's businesses, finances and personal affairs, are moving inexorably toward a court Trump has sought to shape in his image.
In one box are myriad disputes over immigration, as well as health care and transgender troops in the military. In another are lawsuits seeking to pry open – or keep secret – Trump's business dealings, financial records and tax returns. Even his Twitter account is a target.
Most recently, the president's vow to fight all subpoenas from House Democrats and Attorney General William Barr's refusal to testify before a House panel have threatened to add another layer to the looming high court showdown.
Some battles already have reached the justices. They ruled narrowly last year in favor of the president's travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries. They seemed inclined last month to allow the Commerce Department to add a question on citizenship to the 2020 census, again by the slimmest of margins.
Get the Exclusive
11.30.2024