2026-04-16
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And this is Interesting Times.
President Trump has been testing the limits of presidential power since he returned to office.
From his assertion of total control over federal agencies to now his undeclared war with Iran.
But so far, many of Trump's most aggressive moves have ended in defeat,
usually in the courts and increasingly at the Supreme Court.
And it may be that a key revelation of his second
term is that the judicial branch is the real power center in American democracy right now.
That's the argument of this week's guest, Sarah Isgur, a conservative court watcher, a lawyer,
and the author of the new book, Last Branch Standing.
I wanted to talk to her about Trump's power grabs, the internal politics of the court,
and whether we should be reassured or troubled