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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, occupies a unique position following a 6-3 decision against the president on tariffs, according to Harvard Law School professor Richard J. Lazarus.
Lazarus argued in a Washington Post column that Kavanaugh should use his current favor with Trump to defend the Court's institutional integrity after the president attacked his colleagues.
Following the ruling, Trump posted on Truth Social, "My new hero is United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and, of course, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. There is no doubt in anyone's mind that they want to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Trump likely singled out Kavanaugh for his dissenting opinion, in which the conservative justice agreed that refunding tariff revenue would create a "mess' for the Trump administration. Thomas and Alito were also in the minority in the ruling.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kavanaugh/
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(69,158 posts)Polybius
(21,732 posts)Especially Thomas and Alito.
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(69,158 posts)"Conservative" means being cautious about reading more into the Constitution than is written.
These decisions are radical, not conservative. They undermine the bedrock principles in the Constitution.
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(21,732 posts)I don't think "dirt on them" is the issue here. I think they vote this way on their own.