Wednesday, October 08, 2025

Judges appointed by Trump keep ruling against him.

When a Donald Trump-appointed judge delivered a stinging rejection of his effort to put National Guard troops on the ground in Portland, the president had some regrets. "I wasn't served well by the people that pick judges," Trump vented Saturday.

Posted by LampLighter at 12:18 AM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink

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... His gripe came four months after he similarly sounded off about the "bad advice" he got from the conservative Federalist Society for his first-term judicial nominations -- a reaction to a ruling, backed by a Trump-appointed judge, rejecting his power to impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners.

"This is something that cannot be forgotten!" he said on Truth Social. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-08 12:20 AM

... "I wasn't served well by the people that pick judges," Trump vented Saturday. ...

Wait. What?

What the friggin' what?

Pres Trump seems to want the Judges he appoints to server him instead of the Constitution?

Wow, just friggin' wow.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-08 12:23 AM

Pres Trump seems to want the Judges he appoints to server him instead of the Constitution?

Of course he does. It worked for SCOTUS... who are these low level minions to doubt?

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-08 12:36 AM

@#3 ... It worked for SCOTUS ...

Yup.

And the Roberts SCOTUS is building a history.

What might that history be?

And how might it be viewed in a historical perspective?

imo Chief Justice Roberts has lost control of the Court he presides over.


But that is just my opinion.


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-08 12:44 AM

imo Chief Justice Roberts has lost control of the Court he presides over.

Or he's fulfilling his mission.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-08 12:50 AM

@#5 ... Or he's fulfilling his mission. ...

Possibly.

I'm not convinced of that yet.

That aside, how might the Roberts Court go down in history?


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-08 01:20 AM

That aside, how might the Roberts Court go down in history?

Subservient to another "equal" branch of government?

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-08 01:23 AM

Subservient to another "equal" branch of government?

Too early to tell. So far the rulings have been about remedies, e.g. injunctions. I'll wait for the merits rulings.

#8 | Posted by et_al at 2025-10-08 03:45 AM

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