[PugetSoundSoldier]

It gives me hopes the separation of powers might not be completely dead.

The reason the SC stood up to the Administration is that they are immune from the Presidency and politics; they are on the Court for life, and there is little - short of a coup or outright assassination - that the President can do to overcome or eliminate the SC.

This is why Presidential elections matter; even in John McCain would have implemented every policy that Obama has, you can bet his SC nominee would be a LOT more conservative than Sotomayor!

[Rome2000]

there is little - short of a coup or outright assassination - that the President can do to overcome or eliminate the SC.

Tell that to the Venezuelan Supreme Court.

What we have in the White House is a Dictator who will get what he wants, the law be dammed.

Its what happens when a Dictator has the "press and the people" on his side.

So far he hasn't even had to threaten the press all that much, just a little.