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Still, the justices have been deferential to presidential powers and the outcome is uncertain.

Few conservatives are more deferential to presidential overseas authority than we are.

Ellison wanted to keep Sheridan in the fold but felt the previous regime was too deferential, a person familiar with his thinking said.

So the collaborative feel of “Mr. Scorsese,” which often tips toward the deferential, is not surprising.

The media and the legal community deserves some blame: By disguising hardball politics as constitutional theory, Roberts capitalized on longstanding deferential traditions and incentives within media court-watchers and academics.