Roberts Court accused of 'sanewashing' Trump's demands to hand him wins

Following the Supreme Court's grant of near-total immunity to Donald Trump, the president has issued executive orders at a record pace, with the conservative-leaning court approving most of them through the so-called "shadow docket."

According to the New Republic's Erin M. Carr, Trump's radical restructuring of government operations relies heavily on rhetoric while remaining legally questionable. The court has granted the president extraordinary latitude in his actions.

Carr repurposed the concept of "sanewashing" –...