Trump sends Supreme Court clear message: I am the law

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Trump sends Supreme Court clear message: I am the law
The president views the nation's highest court as a rubber stamp, not a co-equal branch of government

By Chauncey DeVega
Senior Writer
Published February 26, 2026 6:45AM (EST)


(Salon) In Donald Trump’s mind, he is the state, and justice is whatever serves his interests. This is the logic of absolute monarchs, dictators and tyrants, and although it is antithetical to the Constitution and America’s founding principles, the president makes sure to put it on full display.

Following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on Feb. 20 to declare many of Trump’s tariffs unconstitutional and illegal, the president responded with rage. He attacked the six justices who ruled against him — liberals Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, along with conservatives Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts — as “a disgrace to our nation.”

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Trump views the courts as his personal servants, not as a co-equal branch of government. By attacking the justices and suggesting they are pawns of some non-existent foreign conspiracy, he is simultaneously imperiling their safety and undermining the Constitution by suggesting they are traitors who are serving foreign interests, making them illegitimate.

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In Florida, Aileen Cannon, a federal judge appointed by Trump, has consistently acted more like Trump’s personal attorney than a neutral judge in the classified documents case. Her most recent demonstration of fealty to Trump came on Monday when she permanently prohibited the release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into the case. Cannon believes that Smith was improperly appointed when he prepared it. .................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2026/02/26/trump-sends-supreme-court-clear-message-i-am-the-law/