Source: The Bulwark
by Philip Rotner
“There is nothing inherently wrong with using the doctrine of standing (that is, whether a case can legitimately be brought before the courts) and balance-of-power analytics to limit what courts can and should do. But when those doctrines are used so frequently to avoid providing remedies to blatant governmental misconduct, and when those decisions have the effect of unleashing the worst fever dreams of Donald Trump — who has already been favored by the Court with absolute immunity from prosecution for crimes committed in office — the independence of the Court necessarily comes into question. In less polite terms, the stink of political activism is all over this Court.” (06/27/25)