The Supreme Court Is Sending Some Mixed Signals About Executive Power

The Supreme Court has created a perfect storm for the lower courts to be inundated with legal challenges on everything from the applications of regulatory laws to the scope of the presidency's power.Stefani Reynolds/BloombergSeveral important Supreme Court decisions this term dealt with questions of executive power.In two rulings, SCOTUS expanded presidential power and limited the rest of the executive branch.Where the Court limited the executive branch, it granted power to the judiciary, experts told BI.With its rulings this term, the Supreme Court created a perfect storm for the lower courts to be inundated with legal challenges on everything from the applications of regulatory laws to the scope of the presidency's power.Taken together, two specific decisions on Loper Bright Enterprises v.