Supreme Court ready to hand Trump 'astonishing' new powers despite rebuke: legal scholar

Kim Wehle, a former Justice Department attorney and legal scholar, warned Friday that while the Supreme Court may have delivered a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump last week by ruling against his tariffs, the justices have shown no sign that they intend to curb his ongoing and, in her view, “astonishing” efforts to expand presidential power.

Last Friday, the Supreme Court delivered a fatal blow to many of Trump’s tariffs after deciding in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the...