In dissenting opinion, justices say the decision will provide Trump the most subservient executive branch “maybe ever.”

The Supreme Court’s special sitting for oral arguments Thursday exemplifies a balancing act the justices face in the second Trump administration, as the president and his allies in Congress criticize the courts that have stood in the way of his push to reshape the government.

Legal counsel for NPR told Newsweek that Trump's executive order targeting NPR and PBS "is blatantly unconstitutional."