Ruth Marcus

Discuss. They used to give us take-home exams. I think the framers of the Constitution fully understood the... that arrangement. And whether it's a flaw or not, they understood that the judiciary was, in fact, the least dangerous branch.

Discuss. They used to give us take-home exams. I think the framers of the Constitution fully understood the... that arrangement. And whether it's a flaw or not, they understood that the judiciary was, in fact, the least dangerous branch.

But it did have the power, as Justice Marshall told us in Marbury v. Madison, of being able to declare what the law is, and at least until recently, of having a public that was going to be behind it in terms of respecting the court when it issued orders. So I don't think it's a constitutional design flaw. I think as with so many things, Trump just puts the Constitution to a stress test.

But it did have the power, as Justice Marshall told us in Marbury v. Madison, of being able to declare what the law is, and at least until recently, of having a public that was going to be behind it in terms of respecting the court when it issued orders. So I don't think it's a constitutional design flaw. I think as with so many things, Trump just puts the Constitution to a stress test.

But it did have the power, as Justice Marshall told us in Marbury v. Madison, of being able to declare what the law is, and at least until recently, of having a public that was going to be behind it in terms of respecting the court when it issued orders. So I don't think it's a constitutional design flaw. I think as with so many things, Trump just puts the Constitution to a stress test.

And, you know, some of us have failed our stress tests in the past.

And, you know, some of us have failed our stress tests in the past.

And, you know, some of us have failed our stress tests in the past.

All right. That was fun. It's scary, especially on the take-home exam.

All right. That was fun. It's scary, especially on the take-home exam.

All right. That was fun. It's scary, especially on the take-home exam.

Yeah, I guess it is.

Yeah, I guess it is.

Yeah, I guess it is.