'Coup': Trump expected to seek SCOTUS block as officials attack judicial branch

Immediately after a federal court delivered a ruling that struck at the heart of the President’s economic and foreign policy agenda—declaring Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs largely illegal—administration attorneys swiftly announced that they would appeal. In the hours following Wednesday night’s decision, Trump officials unleashed attacks on the judiciary, denouncing what they called “judicial tyranny” and branding the unanimous U.S. Court of International Trade ruling a “judicial coup.”

Now, according to CNBC, the Trump administration as soon as Friday is to ask the U.S. Supreme Court for “emergency relief” and place a pause on the Trade Court’s ruling, if an appeals court does not issue a pause before.

“The request in a court filing came as Trump’s top aides are lashing out at the federal trade-court judges,” CNBC reported, “at the same time as his administration requests that those judges pause any enforcement of their ruling while the case is being appealed.”

Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Thursday afternoon declared, “It is the end of democracy if not reversed.”

Miller Thursday morning alleged, “We are living under a judicial tyranny,” and Wednesday evening, minutes after the ruling was announced, Miller had charged, “The judicial coup is out of control.”

CNBC also reported that “Top trade advisor Peter Navarro accused the court of being ‘globalist’ and ‘pro-importer’ on Bloomberg TV Thursday, and claimed it was biased against the administration’s tariff policies.”

The three-judge panel behind the unanimous decision included appointees from two Republican presidents, including Trump himself, and one Democrat.