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'Whoa': MSNBC host reacts to Neil Gorsuch's 'stunning' comments against Trump's power grab

"Whoa," a MSNBC host said on Sunday as a public defender described Supreme Court Justice Judge Neil Gorsuch apparently criticizing a power grab by Donald Trump.
Liz Oyer, a former pardon attorney, appeared on MSNBC over the weekend, and was asked about the issue of tariffs. She noted that there was "a really interesting argument at the Supreme Court this week that suggested that a couple of conservative justices may join the liberals in striking down Donald Trump's tariffs."
She continued, specifically noting comments made by Gorsuch.
"I mean, we won't know until we actually see the ruling, but the arguments certainly suggested that a couple of judges are very interested in potentially striking this down," she said. "And the most stunning comments came from Neil Gorsuch, who is a strong conservative member of the court, who made a comment indicating that he believes that the Trump presidency has been gradually but steadily taking too much power away from the legislature. Congress."
That led host Jonathan Capehart to blurt out, "Whoa."
Oyer further added, "So the Supreme Court is sort of telegraphing that congress has the responsibility for taxation. Tariffs are a tax. And if we need to tariff other countries, it should be congress doing it, not the president."

'Major questions': Conservative Supreme Court justice warns of Trump's unchecked power

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Wednesday warned of President Donald Trump's unchecked power, saying there are "major questions."

The conservative justice and Trump appointee pressed lawyers to define the limits of executive power and expressed concern over giving the president unlimited authority as the Supreme Court started hearing arguments on Trump's tariffs, according to Newsweek.

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'Mic drop': Right-wing justice's statement might have killed Trump's Supreme Court hopes

In a "mic drop" moment this week, a right-wing justice's comment might have killed President Donald Trump's Supreme Court hopes.

Justice Neil Gorsuch’s closing remarks and questioning Wednesday in the case challenging Trump's tariffs "was damaging for the administration's case," according to a New York Times opinion conversation published Thursday between writer Emily Bazelon and columnist David French.

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Neil Gorsuch 'exchanged sharp words' with Jackson before Friday ruling: report

The day before Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett took a highly-criticized personal shot at Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, fellow conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch also sniped at his liberal colleague.

According to a report from Politico on increased tensions within the nation's highest court, as the 6-3 conservative majority continues to use the "shadow docket" to hand Donald Trump questionable wins, Politico is reporting that Brown Jackson's opinions, often in dissent, are getting under the skin of conservatives justices.

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'Facts matter': Supreme Court justices called out by NYT over 'dangerous Trump' agenda

With a series of critical cases still to be heard, the six conservative justices seated on the Supreme Court were admonished by the New York Times editorial board that they need to listen to one of their own and rein in Donald Trump.

In an editorial published Saturday morning, the board pointed out that the lower courts have done a better job of explaining their rulings — many of them restraining the president’s worse impulses — than the nation's highest court which has been hiding behind the so-called content-less “shadow docket.”

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Supreme Court just signaled GOP's last-minute gambit against Gavin Newsom will fail

The right-wing justices on the Supreme Court handed Republicans a win on Thursday evening by allowing Texas' extreme mid-decade gerrymander of its congressional seats to take effect, staying a lower three-judge panel's finding that it was illegally determined using racial criteria. But buried in a concurrence by the three farthest-right justices was a clear indicator that the GOP's efforts to stop California's retaliatory map will also fail.

The line came in a passage written by Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.

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'Obliteration!' Trump blurts panicked warning over 'catastrophic' Supreme Court plans

President Donald Trump unleashed an unsubstantiated warning Friday, claiming the Democratic Party's number one priority if it wins the election is the "obliteration" of the Supreme Court.

In a Truth Social post, the president warned that his opponents in Congress aimed to bring down the nation's top court by flooding it with multiple new justices — and that they'd do it on the first day that they won election.

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'A devastating blow!' Supreme Court's tough questions for Trump lawyer shock CNN reporter

CNN reporter Erin Burnett appeared to be shocked by the Supreme Court's tough questions for President Donald Trump's lawyers on Wednesday during oral arguments in a case that could decide the fate of the president's signature economic policy.

The court heard arguments in a case concerning Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to justify imposing sweeping tariffs without Congressional approval. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett appeared the most skeptical of the government's claims that Trump has the unilateral authority to impose the tariffs.

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