Overview
- Trump, in a Truth Social broadside on Wednesday, accused liberal justices of voting as a bloc, mocked Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as “low IQ,” and said some Republican appointees show him “very little loyalty.”
- He claimed the Court is “already packed” for Democrats and predicted it will strike down his executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, which would redefine who gains citizenship at birth.
- His anger follows a February 6–3 ruling that said he overreached by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a crisis law, to impose sweeping global tariffs that Congress did not clearly authorize.
- Following that decision, the administration began refunding about $159 billion to $166 billion in duties to importers, with a new claims portal launching Monday as businesses seek money they paid under the voided tariffs.
- The birthright case, argued April 1, drew skepticism from several justices as Trump attended part of the session, and new polling shows broad support for the tariff ruling yet a majority who believe the Court tries to avoid rulings he might refuse to obey.