The final weeks of November may be remembered as the moment when Donald Trump crushed the last vestiges of resistance to him in the Republican Party. The sole remaining question is whether that conquest extends to the Republican-appointed justices on the Supreme Court—especially the chief justice, John Roberts.
A stark confluence of events these past few weeks, from the House of Representatives to the Pentagon, has underscored how thoroughly Trump has broken almost all meaningful opposition within the GOP ranks. …
With congressional Republicans and executive-branch officials malleable to Trump’s demands, the most practical constraint on his actions may be the courts. Yet they look like a fragile barrier as well. CONT.
Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic