Emily Bazelon

He hates being defied.

He hates being told he doesn't have the power to do something.

And so, as Binya said, we're likely to continue with this as close to the same regime as we've had before.

And the administration will kind of invite the lawsuits forward.

and other challenges that will follow.

And so that's, you know, going into the next election, we're going to continue to have this slight drag on the economy.

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.