HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) \u2014 President Donald Trump pressed his Supreme Court appointees for loyalty on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He said in a soliloquy of a social media post <\/a>about some of the conservative justices\u2019 rulings against him that he wants obedience for national, rather than personal, reasons. Decisions against some of Trump\u2019s major policies, like his tariffs, are harming the U.S., according to the president, who has become increasingly concerned about his legacy.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m working so hard to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and then people that I appointed have shown so little respect to our Country, and its people. What is the reason for this?\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social. \u201cThey have to do the right thing, but it\u2019s really OK for them to be loyal to the person that appointed them to \u2018almost\u2019 the highest position in the land, that is, a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n The National News Desk requested comment from the court but hasn\u2019t received a response.<\/p>\n Two of Trump\u2019s appointees, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, voted earlier this year to invalidate his tariffs<\/a>, which raised revenue for the U.S. but burdened Americans with higher costs and strained Washington\u2019s alliances. The Supreme Court, part of a fragile system of checks and balances, ruled in a 6-3 decision that the president encroached on congressional authority.<\/p>\n \u201cThe President asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope,\u201d Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in an opinion. \u201cIn light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump questioned in his Truth Social post how to reconcile the votes of Gorsuch and Barrett.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, maybe Neil, and Amy, just had a really bad day, but our Country can only handle so many decisions of that magnitude before it breaks down, and cracks!!!\u201d the president said. \u201cSometimes decisions have to be allowed to use Good, Strong, Common Sense as a guide.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s shadow over the court has grown this past year, during which he has flooded its emergency docket, posted scathing criticisms<\/a> and become the first sitting president to attend oral arguments. The bench has green-lit many of the administration\u2019s controversial policies, although Roberts has defended the court\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n \u201cI think, at a very basic level, people think we\u2019re making policy decisions, we\u2019re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,\u201d the justice said last week. \u201cI think they view us as purely political actors, which I don\u2019t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n