Donald Trump accused the "deep state" of trying to ruin his presidency from Russia collusion to two impeachments, but the 45th president may have gotten the last laugh 18 months after leaving office when a Supreme Court infused with three of his appointees drastically reined in the powers of the federal bureaucracy.
The Supreme Court has limited the ability of unelected federal bureaucrats to make law or policy outside of Congress
- In a decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court held 6-3 that judges can strike down federal agency regulations that have substantial economic effects when Congress did not give explicit authority to the agency to make such decisions.
- Leah Litman, a University of Michigan law professor, tweeted the decision is "a cudgel against administrative agencies" and their powers to control industries.
For many observers, especially conservatives, the ruling also was a marquee legacy for Trump and his efforts to shape a more conservative Supreme Court with the appointments of Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
- Even before his presidency began, Trump was assaulted by the federal bureaucracy, which launched a since-discredited Russia collusion investigation, leaked his private conversations with world leaders, resisted his orders and allied with Democrats to pursue two impeachment cases that ended in acquittal.
- Trump emerged from those skirmishes to remain as popular as ever with his base - and now more popular than his successor Joe Biden.
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