Trump Criticizes Supreme Court After Tariff Ruling

President Donald Trump unleashed a series of pointed criticisms against the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal judge in lengthy social media posts over the weekend, following a February ruling that invalidated his administration's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs. The 6-3 decision, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 does not authorize the president to enact such trade measures, prompting Trump to accuse the court of undermining national interests and exhibiting partisan bias.

The ruling, issued on February 20, struck down Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff plan, which aimed to address perceived trade imbalances with foreign countries. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, both Trump appointees, joined Roberts along with the court's three liberal justices—Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson—in the majority. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented, arguing that the tariffs were a necessary tool to protect American economic security. In response, Trump praised the dissenters on Truth Social, writing, "I want to thank Justices Alito, Thomas, and...