President Donald Trump played an outsized role in shaping the current makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court.
But the president appears to have some doubts about the high court after its major ruling Friday.
SCOTUSruled6-3 that, under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Trump does not have the authority to impose tariffs, a power the U.S. Constitution assigns to the legislature.
Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented from the majority. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberal justices.
Of note, Trump helped nominate both Gorsuch and Barrett — and he seemed to call them out specifically without naming names.
“The Supreme Court’s ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, and I’m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country,” Trump said shortly after the ruling was announced, according toPolitico.
He also took further particular umbrage with Gorsuch and Barrett.
“I think it’s an embarrassment to their families, you want to know the truth — the two of them,” he said of the two justices, after reporters asked whether he regrets nominating them.
This 6-3 ruling has understandably rankled Trump, whose economic plans for the U.S. leaned heavily on tariffs.
And now the president has at least one damning theory as to why the Supreme Court he helped shape went against one of his biggest campaign policies.
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