President Donald Trump has expounded an extraordinary vision of his authority over the past month, relying on the Supreme Court’s decision last year granting him immunity from criminal prosecution, as a blank check in his broader drive for power.

Of all the things the framers of the Constitution worried about, their biggest worry was that a president would become as powerful as a king.

The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.