The White House and a close circle of lawyers plan for Trump to hit the ground running if there's a Supreme Court vacancy, sources tell TIME.

Even with new curbs on their powers, district judges have found ways to broadly halt some of the administration’s actions.

Ever since Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Donald Trump at the US Capitol January 20 – with the eight other Supreme Court justices looking on – the question has been whether they would restrain a president who vowed to upend the constitutional order.