Trump’s vicious attacks on judges fuel his bid for unchecked power | Steven Greenhouse

The president and his aides vilify the judiciary with brutal rhetoric, hoping to delegitimize a co-equal branch of government When Donald Trump attacked several supreme court justices as “fools”, “lapdogs”, “disloyal to our constitution”, and a “disgrace to our nation” after they ruled against his tariffs on Friday, it was probably the most vicious public tirade that a US president ever leveled against the country’s highest court. But as extraordinary – and extraordinarily ugly – as Trump’s r...

By Steven Greenhouse