Trump says he regrets appointing Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett

President Donald Trump told Time magazine he regrets putting Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, citing rulings against his administration on tariffs, mail ballots and birthright citizenship. In a 75-minute Oval Office interview, he said he had given the three a lifetime position and that they often voted against him, according to MS NOW.

According to the transcript, Trump contrasted them with the court's three Democratic-appointed justices, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom he said vote together almost without exception. He said he disliked that but admired their loyalty, which he extended to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Asked whether loyalty is what he wants from his Supreme Court picks, he answered, "I do like loyalty, yeah."

MS NOW's Steve Benen notes this continues a pattern. In February, after the court struck down his tariffs policy, Trump called the majority disloyal and unpatriotic. In April he said certain conservative justices had gone weak, and on Mother's Day he posted a 544-word statement saying Gorsuch and Barrett had badly hurt the country. Benen argues that Trump misunderstands the justices' role, expecting them to overlook illegality by his administration instead of judging cases on their merits.

Summarized by PolitiKool from MS NOW’s reporting. Read the full story at MS NOW →