American presidents once revered the Supreme Court: Here's what we can learn from William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft wanted to be chief justice, not president, as author Jared Cohen writes in an exclusive excerpt from "Life After Power," his new book. Here's what the country can learn from him.

Taft wasn’t a politician, and he’d never run for office before he was president.  Taft was behind the effort to get the Supreme Court its own building. Until then, its chambers were in the basement of the U.S. Capitol.  Jared Cohen is a New York Times bestselling author. His latest book is "Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House" (Feb. 2024, S&S). 

At the same time, former President Trump, who nominated three people to the Supreme Court, faces multiple legal matters that may end up before the justices.