Molly Ball

Well, and this is the sort of ultimate confrontation that everyone seems to be sort of girding for, right? I mean, it's been really interesting to me that... You've had people high up in the administration, including Vice President J.D. Vance, you know, quoting that apocryphal Andrew Jackson statement, the chief justice has made his ruling, let him enforce it.

Well, and this is the sort of ultimate confrontation that everyone seems to be sort of girding for, right? I mean, it's been really interesting to me that... You've had people high up in the administration, including Vice President J.D. Vance, you know, quoting that apocryphal Andrew Jackson statement, the chief justice has made his ruling, let him enforce it.

Well, and this is the sort of ultimate confrontation that everyone seems to be sort of girding for, right? I mean, it's been really interesting to me that... You've had people high up in the administration, including Vice President J.D. Vance, you know, quoting that apocryphal Andrew Jackson statement, the chief justice has made his ruling, let him enforce it.

But when Trump is asked this question, he's repeatedly backed down. He'd say, oh, no, that's something you can't do. You can't just disregard something the court has said. How serious a possibility is that? And would that constitute a constitutional crisis?

But when Trump is asked this question, he's repeatedly backed down. He'd say, oh, no, that's something you can't do. You can't just disregard something the court has said. How serious a possibility is that? And would that constitute a constitutional crisis?

But when Trump is asked this question, he's repeatedly backed down. He'd say, oh, no, that's something you can't do. You can't just disregard something the court has said. How serious a possibility is that? And would that constitute a constitutional crisis?

I was just going to observe, you know, it's as if they took Richard Nixon's statement, if the president does it, it's not illegal, and made it into a legal theory.

I was just going to observe, you know, it's as if they took Richard Nixon's statement, if the president does it, it's not illegal, and made it into a legal theory.

I was just going to observe, you know, it's as if they took Richard Nixon's statement, if the president does it, it's not illegal, and made it into a legal theory.

So last question. This is really important. Do you have a March Madness favorite?

So last question. This is really important. Do you have a March Madness favorite?

So last question. This is really important. Do you have a March Madness favorite?

You're going to win it all.

You're going to win it all.

You're going to win it all.

So there's a couple of things happening here. First of all, because all but one House Democrat voted against this bill, they felt hung out to dry by the Senate. There was clearly a miscommunication between the House and Senate Democrats where House Democrats felt like they took a political risk here and then the Senate sold them out. So that's part of the anger.

So there's a couple of things happening here. First of all, because all but one House Democrat voted against this bill, they felt hung out to dry by the Senate. There was clearly a miscommunication between the House and Senate Democrats where House Democrats felt like they took a political risk here and then the Senate sold them out. So that's part of the anger.

So there's a couple of things happening here. First of all, because all but one House Democrat voted against this bill, they felt hung out to dry by the Senate. There was clearly a miscommunication between the House and Senate Democrats where House Democrats felt like they took a political risk here and then the Senate sold them out. So that's part of the anger.

But the other part of the anger is really coming from the Democratic base. Rank and file Democrats are livid and terrified and feel a sense of existential rage at what they believe is an apocalyptically terrible administration and what it is doing to the things that they hold dear. And they want Democrats to do something, do anything to try to stop it.

But the other part of the anger is really coming from the Democratic base. Rank and file Democrats are livid and terrified and feel a sense of existential rage at what they believe is an apocalyptically terrible administration and what it is doing to the things that they hold dear. And they want Democrats to do something, do anything to try to stop it.