Emily Bazelon

And I think a lot of questions from voters about how exactly the administration is addressing the problems they're having with affordability in light of this strategy, which just seems kind of perplexing if you just want the economy to be working well.

Can't take that for granted.

Yeah, that's such a good point.

And, you know, one of the sort of ringing moments in the rhetoric of the Supreme Court decision comes from a concurrence from Justice Gorsuch, which is this sort of ode to Congress and to legislating as a way of conducting business.

Gorsuch says it can be tempting to bypass Congress when some pressing problem arises.

But the deliberative nature of the legislative process was the whole point of its design.

This is not President Trump's favorite way of conducting business, right?

And so the idea that he can only go up to 15 percent for a limited time without Congress, he's not going to like that.

But that's the box he's now in.

And I think it is the sort of background music of the Supreme Court's ruling that the power to tax and spend is fundamental to Congress.

And so, though, I totally take your point, Binya, that

You know, Trump is going to do as much as he can on his own.

There is this effort to return to a kind of world in which we have a legislature that actually plays a role here.

Now, of course, that is also going to be up to Congress to actually perform its duties and responsibilities.

But I think the Supreme Court is trying to set the table for that kind of shift.

Exactly.

And, you know, Congress is often kind of missing in action and it's the first branch.

It's supposed to be playing much more of a role.

So anything that kind of reminds us that the fact that Congress has receded is not the design, I think is useful.

I mean, for a future Congress that is actually willing to take on the president, I think that is like a hugely important task.