In what observers are calling a “constitutional mic drop,” Justice Neil Gorsuch may have just tripped the wire on Donald Trump’s dream of a friendly Supreme Court ruling this week. During Wednesday’s hearing over Trump’s tariffs, Gorsuch casually suggested that perhaps, just maybe, the president shouldn’t be able to “declare an emergency at a whim.”
The comment reportedly sent ripples through conservative circles, where aides scrambled to redefine “whim” as “a deeply felt executive instinct.”
According to The New York Times, Gorsuch’s remarks landed “like a champagne cork in a funeral home,” as Trump allies privately wondered whether loyalty oaths now require fine print.
Meanwhile, constitutional scholars are debating whether the justice’s words amount to heresy or common sense, a distinction that’s become blurry ever since “checks and balances” started trending like an antique meme.
One court insider sighed, “It’s like watching your golden retriever bite the mailman, sad, but inevitable.”
