For decades, conservatives, understanding that liberty cannot exist absent constitutional constraints on government power, have criticized the Supreme Court for creating new constitutional “rights.” Now, the Court has agreed to hear Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc. , a case challenging President Donald Trump’s assertion of vast, unilateral authority over tariff rates, a power reserved in Article I, section 8 to Congress alone. The Court’s decision could have a lasting impact on the Constitution’s ability to restrain power and protect freedom. Conservatives must not get squeamish on the Constitution now.

In Federalist No. 51, James Madison famously observed that “if men were angels, no government would be necessary,” and that “if angels were to govern men, neither external nor interna

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