"President Trump's attacks on the Supreme Court are an unmitigated disgrace," began McCarthy in a column for National Review. "The Court tried in good faith " and, for what it's worth, successfully in my view " to uphold the law. By now, the president has to know that the fallout of his ravings will be harassment of the justices by elements of his base that are as deranged as he is. Is the plan to ignite a riot on the Supreme Court steps this time, while he can still pardon the rabble-rousers as he did the Capitol rioters?" "Moreover, what value is there in an oath to execute the laws faithfully from a man who either has no regard for the law or delusionally sees the law as what he personally wants " with what he doesn't want seen not merely as illegal but treasonous?