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When
Trump
gave
the
inaugural
address
for
his
second
term,
he
promised
to
bring
unity.
In
some
ways
he
has
—
the
American
public
is
pretty
united
in
not
liking
the
guy
according
to
the
last
Gallup
presidential
poll
made
public
before
they
mysteriously
decided
to
end
the
88-year-long
tradition.
In
others
respects,
he
has
broadened
divides.
Right-wingers
swallowed
the
“We
took
the
freedom
of
speech
away”
pill
with
relative
ease
because
their
mouths
were
preoccupied
with
licking
the
boot,
but
even
they
wiped
their
mouths
and
stood
on
their
rights
when
the
Administration
tried
to
argue
that
Alex
Pretti
deserved
to
die
because
he
had
a
gun
on
him
at
a
protest.
Those
little
crises
blew
over
quickly,
but
his
recent
temper
tantrum
over
the
6-3
in
Learning
Resources
v.
Trump
may
have
more
staying
power.
The
rationale
for
the
holding
was
simple:
the
Constitution
vests
Congress
with
the
power
of
the
purse
and
the
Executive’s
use
of
IEEPA
to
tariff
countries
at
whim
was
an
overstep.
Seems
simple,
but
Agent
Orange
took
the
holding
as
a
personal
attack
and
responded
by
openly
insulting
the
justices
that
didn’t
see
it
his
way
before
he
re-implemented
arbitrarily
tariffing
by
other
means:
While
the
legality
of
his
new
plan
of
action
is
ultimately
up
to
the
Court,
the
break
in
decorum
that
arises
from
the
President
calling
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
United
States’
justices
“disgrace[s]
to
the
Nation”and
“swayed
by
foreign
interests”
needs
to
be
addressed
by
someone.
The
ABA
has
taken
it
upon
themselves
to
remind
Trump
that
presidents
shouldn’t
openly
insult
members
of
a
branch
that
literally
exists
to
keep
the
other
branches
of
government
in
check.
They
had
this
to
say:
The
recent
remarks
by
the
president
of
the
United
States,
leveling
personal
criticisms
against
members
of
the
U.S.
Supreme
Court,
are
not
acceptable
and
cross
a
dangerous
line
that
threatens
the
safety
of
the
judiciary
and
our
judicial
process.
These
remarks,
following
the
Supreme
Court’s
ruling
on
tariffs,
referring
to
the
justices
as
“a
disgrace
to
our
nation”
and
“disloyal
to
the
Constitution,”
threaten
to
erode
public
confidence
in
the
judiciary.While
judicial
opinions
are
always
subject
to
analysis
and
critique,
such
disagreement
must
be
voiced
with
respect
for
the
facts
and
the
law
and
must
respect
the
independence
and
integrity
of
the
courts.
Personal
attacks
against
individual
justices,
particularly
allegations
that
they
are
influenced
by
“foreign
interests,”
are
wholly
inappropriate.
Such
statements
risk
undermining
the
rule
of
law
and
the
public’s
faith
in
an
impartial
judiciary,
foundational
pillars
of
our
democracy
that
have
guided
our
nation
since
its
founding.
They
end
the
finger-wagging
with
a
call
for
leaders,
especially
Donald
Trump,
to
keep
their
bad
words
to
themselves.
The
language
is
a
bit
more
formal,
but
that’s
really
the
gist
of
it.
As
much
as
I
understand
and
respect
the
ABA’s
attempt
to
bring
decorum
back,
I
don’t
have
high
hopes
of
it
making
much
of
a
difference.
Before
the
President’s
outburst,
Chief
Justice
Roberts
has
said
very
little
about
the
President’s
frequent
badmouthing
of
judges,
excluding
the
one
or
two
times
that
Roberts
said
calling
for
their
impeachment
was
a
little
too
much.
Given
that
Trump
is
scheduled
to
give
the
State
of
the
Union
tonight,
we’ll
see
how
effective
the
ABA’s
admonishment
will
be.
American
Bar
Association
Statement
On
Personal
Attacks
Against
Supreme
Court
Justices
[American
Bar
Association]
Earlier:
Chief
Justice
Roberts,
Welcome
To
The
Cuck
Chair
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
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