The petition is the latest effort by President-elect Donald Trump to avoid sentencing for his 34-count felony conviction related to a 2016 hush-money payment.

It would be a stretch to say that the major-questions doctrine doomed Democrats’ chances of keeping the White House in the 2024 presidential election. But there is no doubt that the Supreme Court’s newest weapon against federal agencies seriously hamstrung the Biden administration’s ability to follow through on its campaign promises and accomplish several concrete policy goals.

Trump's lawyers argued that the justices should step in and pause his sentencing "to prevent grave injustice and harm to the institution of the presidency."