"There is a long-standing theory among Supreme Court watchers that holds that the reason the six conservatives on the John Roberts court keep giving President Donald Trump big wins is because they are attempting not to provoke a fight with him, and thus not invite a so-called constitutional crisis wherein the executive branch and the high court are in an intractable standoff."
"I wanted to ask about what has come to be named the appeasement theory, the idea being that the Roberts court rolls on pretty much everything for Donald Trump, but it's because they're saving their powdergiving Donald Trump a string of uninterrupted wins, all in the hopes that they're not going to draw down whatever capital they have with him. The idea being that when the real constitutional crisis is upon us, they will leap out and save democracy."
Observers posit that six conservative justices on the Roberts Court repeatedly grant President Donald Trump favorable rulings to avoid provoking a confrontation with the executive branch. The appeasement theory holds that the justices accumulate goodwill by allowing uninterrupted wins until a genuine constitutional crisis necessitates decisive judicial intervention. The debate centers on whether the Kavanaugh-Barrett-Chief Justice Roberts alignment intends to permit a string of Trump victories before acting. Skeptics caution against inferring subjective motives, noting uncertainty about whether determining the justices' intent meaningfully affects predictions of future Court behavior.
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