This is highly unusual — President will have dinner with the Justices of the Supreme Court on Thursday, according to the White House

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) April 23, 2017

Why would the Supreme Court agree to do this? I can think of no legitimate reason to dine with a litigant. https://t.co/tcjQ6vzYv6

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) April 23, 2017

Trump announces WH dinner for Supreme Court justices — then hours later postpones it indefinitely https://t.co/sh2od44ovK pic.twitter.com/Jr4vKX4NpL

— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 24, 2017

“…”Presidents hosting Supreme Court justices for dinner isn’t unusual,” wrote The Hill’s Brandon Carter. “Presidents Hayes, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Carter all hosted members of the Court at the White House. More recently, President George W. Bush and his wife hosted members of the Court for a dinner in 2008.”

Announcing the dinner and postponing it in the same day, however, bespeaks the reported chaos inside the White House and the limitations of President Donald Trump’s “freewheeling” approach to administrative scheduling and appointments….”