The Supreme Court's favorite branch of government is itself
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- The Supreme Court's just-completed term sidelined Congress while amassing power for the presidency and the court itself, per the source's framing
- As the court strips Congress of its power, decisions over people's money, jobs, votes, and health shift toward the presidency, according to the article's 'why it matters' section
Why it matters: The structural rebalancing moves authority over money, jobs, votes, and health from the legislature — historically the most deliberative branch with the most veto points — into the executive and judicial branches, concentrating it in fewer institutional hands with fewer checks.
