The Conservative Legal Movement’s New Purity Tests

Since it overturned his IEEPA tariffs in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, Donald Trump has clearly had the Supreme Court on his mind. In addition to complaining about “his” justices voting against him even when they “knew where [he] stood, how badly [he] wanted this Victory for our Country,” Trump set off significant speculation when he discussed potentially nominating three more justices. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas have both said that they have no plans to retire (though the pr...