{"id":144580,"date":"2026-02-20T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/20\/donald-trump-has-choice-words-for-scotus-justices-in-the-wake-of-their-tariff-decision\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:38:02","slug":"donald-trump-has-choice-words-for-scotus-justices-in-the-wake-of-their-tariff-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/20\/donald-trump-has-choice-words-for-scotus-justices-in-the-wake-of-their-tariff-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Has Choice Words For SCOTUS Justices In The Wake Of Their Tariff Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, and I\u2019m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed, for not having the courage to do what\u2019s right for our country<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>\u2014\u00a0Donald Trump, in comments given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/20\/donald-trump-tariff-supreme-court-reaction-00791245\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">during a press conference<\/a> he called to speak about the Supreme Court\u2019s 6-3 decision striking down the president\u2019s sweeping tariffs instituted via executive order under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.\u00a0Trump went on to praise Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh for their dissents, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z8jGgWHzczc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">referring<\/a> to the liberal justices as a \u201cdisgrace to our nation.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66762\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/02\/donald-trump-has-choice-words-for-scotus-justices-in-the-wake-of-their-tariff-decision\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump Has Choice Words For SCOTUS Justices In The Wake Of Their Tariff Decision<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, and I\u2019m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed, for not having the courage to do what\u2019s right for our country<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>\u2014\u00a0Donald Trump, in comments given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/20\/donald-trump-tariff-supreme-court-reaction-00791245\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">during a press conference<\/a> he called to speak about the Supreme Court\u2019s 6-3 decision striking down the president\u2019s sweeping tariffs instituted via executive order under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.\u00a0Trump went on to praise Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh for their dissents, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z8jGgWHzczc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">referring<\/a> to the liberal justices as a \u201cdisgrace to our nation.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66762\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/02\/donald-trump-has-choice-words-for-scotus-justices-in-the-wake-of-their-tariff-decision\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump Has Choice Words For SCOTUS Justices In The Wake Of Their Tariff Decision<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, and I\u2019m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed, for not having the courage to do what\u2019s right for our country. \u2014\u00a0Donald Trump, in comments given during a press conference he called to speak [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":144581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Staci-Zaretsky-g82DxJ.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}