Trump attacks two Supreme Court justices by name over tariff ruling

US President Donald Trump has publicly criticised two sitting Supreme Court justices by name following a court ruling that constrained his administration's broad tariff authority. The remarks represent an unusually direct assault on the judiciary by a sitting president and intensify an ongoing constitutional confrontation between the executive and judicial branches.

Trump expressed sharp displeasure with the ruling, which judges determined exceeded executive powers under existing trade statutes. The president took to social media and public statements to single out the justices by name, a departure even from his previous criticisms of the court as an institution.

Legal scholars and opposition figures have condemned the remarks as an attack on judicial independence, warning that presidential targeting of individual justices undermines the separation of powers. Supporters of the administration, however, argued that the ruling overstepped judicial authority into executive trade policy.

The confrontation follows months of legal battles over the Trump administration's aggressive use of tariffs as a foreign policy and trade tool. The Supreme Court's intervention is expected to have significant implications for how executive trade powers are exercised for the remainder of Trump's term.