proportions. >> if the court keeps ruling in this direction, it could strike down thousands of others regulations, created by federal agencies under broad congressional statute. basic rules that protect consumers, patients, workers, could all be up-ended. congress would have to pass hundreds of new laws to address every possible application of its intentions. that will never happen, of course, which hands even more power to the justices. >> the court effectively said to the rest of the political system, we are the last word, we are in charge. >> and then there's the biggest case you have never heard of. >> legal theory headed to the supreme court. >> that worries scholars from across the political spectrum. >> it could literally up end democracy. >> this term, the supreme court