More than six decades after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Enrich makes a compelling and alarming case that the legal protections that undergird the free press in this country are on much shakier ground than we may realize.

The Supreme Court has weighed in twice on President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire efforts to remake the federal government.

The real legacy of the case, scholars say, is not its protection of former presidents from prosecution but its expansive understanding of presidential power.