Trump calls Supreme Court justices who struck down his tariffs a ‘disgrace to our nation’ and vows fresh duties under other laws

President Donald Trump wasted little time responding to the Supreme Court decision that ruled his global tariffs unconstitutional.

He blasted the six justices who struck down his levies invoked under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, saying he was “deeply disappointed.”

“I’m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country,” Trump told reporters. “I’d like to thank and congratulate justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh for their strength and wisdom and love of our country.”

But speaking of the six who voted against the tariffs, he added later, “They also are a frankly disgrace to our nation, those justices.”

“They’re just being fools and lapdogs for the RINOs and the radical left Democrats,” he said. “And not that they should have anything at all to do with it, they’re very unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution. It’s my opinion that the court has been swayed by foreign interests.”

When pressed repeatedly on his claim of foreign influence, he didn’t offer any evidence. But his tirade against the justices, including a few who were appointed by Trump, sets up a potentially dicey situation coming just days before his State of the Union address.

Trump used the IEEPA to impose so-called reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners as well as tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico related to the fentanyl trade.

But he...