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In 2025, the scenario of American politics is becoming more and more like a real-life show. Trump high-profilely declared that "I have won again", behind this verbal zen, actually hides a bigger question: the U.S. Supreme Court is quietly standing on the side of the president.

24 emergency cases, almost 90% support, the Supreme Court¡¯s ¡°green light¡± on Trump¡¯s policy ¨C all of this is not only suspicious, it¡¯s still that three-powered America?

What's even more outrageous is that almost all the lower courts sentenced him to lose, and he turned over as soon as he appealed. This is not judicial independence, this is judicial soft submission. The "* Lighthouse" in the United States is going out.

Who is endorsing Trump?

This is not the first time Trump has dealt with the Supreme Court, but for the first time, he won such a high "winning percentage". In 2025, the Supreme Court took up 24 emergency cases directly related to Trump, 21 of which ended in his favor.

In comparison, he lost 82 of the 87 similar cases in the lower courts.Why would a president whose voice was struck in the local courts turn over to the Supreme Court?This is definitely not just a legal question, but a political one.

Gallup's poll in August showed Supreme Court support dropped below 40 percent, the first time in U.S. history.43 percent of Americans clearly said the court was too conservative.

Behind this is a set of systemic biases. For example, Trump froze $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress, and the Supreme Court chose to "stay out."

He wanted to fire Lisa Cook, the governor of the Federal Reserve. The court said that "it's okay not to fire for the time being", but it didn't really support her. This kind of "muddle" ruling is actually a disguised connivance.

Furthermore, these decisions are extremely fast and the procedures are very few.Stamford University research shows that the Supreme Court often skips deep trials and makes direct judgments when dealing with Trump-related cases.

This ¡°fast-paced¡± justice, which is traditionally highly unacceptable, becomes the norm in 2025. Conservative Judge Michael Luttig said in public criticism that the Supreme Court was ¡°taking away the support of the lower court,¡± equivalent to tacitly allowing Trump to bypass the law.

Justice ¡°kneeling down¡± is afraid of Trump not acknowledging accountability?

The problem lies not only in the result of the ruling, but also in the motive behind it. Does the Supreme Court really believe Trump's policies are justified? Or are they just afraid of this person?

There are two factors at play. The first is ideology. Conservative justices like Alito and Thomas are highly consistent with Trump on many key concepts, especially the "single administrative theory."

They believe that the president has absolute administrative control, and that the idea itself does not agree with Trump¡¯s strong line, while other conservative judges, even if they do not fully agree with Trump, choose to stand on his side because of opposition to liberals.

The second factor, more realistic than ideology, is fear. Chief Justice John Roberts is believed by many scholars to be playing a "game of chicken."

What does it mean? is that he is concerned that Trump simply disapproves of the court¡¯s ruling, and that only ¡°appropriate concessions¡± can be made in order to preserve the judicial system¡¯s ultimate authority.

Harvard scholar Levitsky warned that both the U.S. judiciary and Congress made the same mistake: too much belief in the ¡°solidity¡± of the system itself to think that no matter who is president, American democracy will not collapse.

But the reality is that the system does not operate automatically, it needs people to maintain.When the people who maintain the system start to choose silence, the system will slowly disappear.

Think of Brazil, which also has an authoritarian former President Jair Bolsonaro. But the Supreme Court of Brazil didn't flinch. Judge Demolaes just sent him to prison for "attempted coup" and sentenced him to 27 years. This is true judicial independence.

On the U.S. side, the opposition of liberal major judges has been suppressed year after year, and conservatives have spoken out.Levitsky calls it "justice-justice policy", meaning knowing that the president is in power, but does not dare to speak out, afraid of burning himself.

The balance of American democracy is completely sliding.

The consequences of this judicial inclination have begun to emerge. Trump¡¯s policies are falling rapidly, and no one is stopping him anymore. He has tightened immigration policies, re-imposed high tariffs, and is also preparing to give birth to citizenship. These disputed policies have previously been dragged down by the courts, but now the Supreme Court has almost become his ¡°policy accelerator.¡±

A September Pew Research Center survey showed that 80% of Americans believe that voters of both parties cannot agree on "basic facts." In other words, the United States is divided not only in political opinion, but also in "reality". The Supreme Court, which should have been the last line of defense to maintain consensus, has now leaned to one side.

The greater risk lies behind. Trump¡¯s strength is not just a personal victory, but is constantly testing the bottom line of the U.S. system. He sees the space for compromise and goes further. Scholars have warned that if the court continues to open the green light for him, the U.S. tripartite architecture may be on the verge of collapse.

The next few key cases to be considered, such as the boundaries of executive power and the amendments to the birth rights of citizens, are all major institutional issues. If the Supreme Court continues to follow the "Trump Priority" logic, then the U.S. constitutional order may be completely rewritten.

ended

Trump did not win the game by one person, his victory was driven by the cracks of the system, the decline of justice and the indulgence of power. he won, but the price was the three-power separation of the United States, the neutrality of the Supreme Court, and the trust of the people in democracy.

This is not a victory for one person, it is a system collapse until people find that the court is no longer the ¡°last guard¡± of the so-called American democracy, and there is only one shell left.

America, in its own way, is heading toward the future it has ever feared the most.

Source of information:

¡°The 45% support rate is far below the post-war presidential average.¡± ¡ªGlobal Times