That statement risks a constitutional crisis because it challenges a bedrock principle of separation of powers: the holding of 1803's Marbury v.

Presidents of both parties have understood and obeyed the bedrock principle that presidents follow court orders even those they disagree with.

The moves have prompted concerns about the potential for bedrock, federal civil rights laws to one day be repealed altogether.

Did Trumpov or trends shatter our bedrock assumptions?

Such actions already form the bedrock of the claims against the president in Smith v.