Overview
- Chief Justice John Roberts said at Rice University that personally directed hostility toward judges is dangerous and has to stop, distinguishing legitimate critique of rulings from attacks on individual jurists.
- Trump posted lengthy messages criticizing the Supreme Court for striking down his IEEPA-based tariffs, calling the court political and singling out two of his own appointees, while praising the three dissenters.
- U.S. District Judge James Boasberg last week quashed DOJ grand-jury subpoenas in the investigation targeting Fed Chair Jerome Powell, writing that prosecutors offered essentially zero evidence and appeared to be harassing him.
- Trump escalated by labeling Boasberg with pejoratives and urging his removal from Trump-related cases, as Acting U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro defended the probe and said the Justice Department plans to appeal.
- Separate reporting has described broader setbacks for administration-driven investigations, including grand jury pushback and shelved inquiries, signaling increasing judicial resistance to politically steered probes.