A “constitutional crisis” is upon us, or so at least warn two of the most senior scribes on the Supreme Court beat — the Times’s and CNN’s sages, Adam Liptak and Joan Biskupic, respectively. Both use this week the alliterative phrase in respect of the conflicts between President Trump and the courts. An op-ed in the Times on Monday warns  that the president’s actions threaten to “accelerate a final degeneration into Caesarism.”

Has America crossed a Rubicon? Three judges have ruled that his order on birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. Another determined that the administration has defied his order to release billions of dollars in federal grants. A spokesman for Mr. Trump promises that “Each executive order will hold up in court because every action of the Trump-Vance administration is completely lawful” and an “expression of the will of the American people.”