Last week, the Supreme Court took up challenges to two assault weapons bans. Its decision could seriously limit the government’s ability to ban certain guns.

In the term that just ended, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it takes its bearings more from the original understanding of the Constitution than from Trump.

Increasing the size of the Supreme Court is an idea that’s been floated since 1937 and is often referred to as Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “court-packing plan.” Some legal experts are relieved that nearly a hundred years later the