President Donald Trump’s pick for the country’s top legal representative at the Supreme Court declined to rule out ignoring court orders, explaining that there could be “extreme cases.” At his hearing before the Senate on Wednesday,

A lot of people are focused on the courts generally, and on my court in particular,” Justice Elena Kagan said.

Solicitor general nominee D. John Sauer, who was Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing.

In what could be the first Supreme Court case of its kind, the Justice Department is expected to ask the Supreme Court to keep a fired government watchdog off the job while litigation proceeds. The implications of that potential case could ultimately decide who the president is allowed to fire,

"I have no doubt that many aspects of Trump's orders will withstand scrutiny," Greg Germain, a law professor, told Newsweek.

WHAT WILL WE SAY about the Supreme Court when the storm has passed? That it was strong? That it stood firm against a rogue president? If, when the crisis comes, the justices make Donald Trump blink, then eventually,