Feldman: Supreme Court’s strategy for dealing with the White House emerges

The Supreme Court’s strategy for dealing with President Donald Trump’s illegal executive actions is gradually revealing itself: carefully uphold the rule of law while seeking to avoid direct confrontation.

In a cautious, compromise-based 9-0 decision, the justices upheld a federal district court order directing the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of a Salvadoran immigrant mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador. At the same time, the Supreme Court told the lower court...