In this Fox News opinion piece, legal scholar John Yoo argues that Democratic claims of a Supreme Court acting in lockstep with Donald Trump are contradicted by the recently concluded term. He contends that critics such as Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and Kamala Harris — some of whom call for expanding or "packing" the Court — have misrepresented the justices, who Yoo says are guided by the original understanding of the Constitution and a concern for stability rather than by loyalty to Trump.

Yoo maintains that Trump prevailed only where his positions aligned with the Roberts Court's longer-term agenda: strengthening the separation of powers and federalism, curbing the administrative state, ending government use of race, and expanding First and Second Amendment rights. He notes that Trump lost when pursuing more aggressive policies, with rulings decided by shifting conservative-liberal majorities. As an example, he cites Trump v. Slaughter, in which Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a 6-3 majority, affirmed the president's power to dismiss at will officers who execute federal law.