Democrats have been outspoken in their concern that President Donald Trump might flout a court order. Yet they shrug when federal bureaucrats ignore Supreme Court precedent to exert their vast authority.

Mr. Trump should indeed respect judicial rulings. But as the courts whittle away at the power of government functionaries to interpret vague congressional statutes, at least one federal agency has apparently chosen lawless rebellion.

In 2023, the Supreme Court put the brakes on efforts by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency to claim authority under the Clean Water Act over virtually every pond and puddle in the nation. Under the guise of regulating “wetlands,” the agencies had undermined the rights of thousands of Americans to build on or improve their own

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