The president wants associate justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to sit out any “Trump-related” cases.
President Donald Trump launched a new attack on the judicial system on Monday, targeting the highest court in the land by demanding that two liberal Supreme Court justices recuse themselves from any case involving him or his administration.
Trump claimed associate justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg couldn’t be fair to him:
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump“Sotomayor accuses GOP appointed Justices of being biased in favor of Trump.” @IngrahamAngle @FoxNews This is a terrible thing to say. Trying to “shame” some into voting her way? She never criticized Justice Ginsberg when she called me a “faker”. Both should recuse themselves..
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump....on all Trump, or Trump related, matters! While “elections have consequences”, I only ask for fairness, especially when it comes to decisions made by the United States Supreme Court!
Trump has a history of attacking prosecutors and judges. Earlier this month, he slammed U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, the judge in the case against longtime Trump ally Roger Stone. She also presided over a case that concluded last year against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.
Trump tried to insult U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who was born in Indiana, by describing him as a “Mexican.” He also called U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar a “disgrace” and an “Obama judge” for ruling against his administration in an immigration case.
Trump’s latest attack seems to be in response to a dissent Sotomayor wrote last week in which she accused the Supreme Court’s conservative wing of being biased toward the administration, saying they’ve been “all too quick to grant the Government’s ‘reflexiv[e]’ requests.” She warned that such actions could “erode the fair and balanced decisionmaking process that this Court must strive to protect.”
Twitter users blasted the president over his demand that the two justices recuse themselves:
Tea Pain@TeaPainUSAIf any justices need to recuse, it’s Trump’s own appointees, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, especially after Kavanaugh warned of retribution to Democrats. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trump-demands-two-supreme-court-justices-recuse-themselves-from-all-of-his-cases-i-only-ask-for-fairness/ …
Trump demands two female Supreme Court justices recuse themselves from all of his cases: ‘I only...
The president of the United States on Monday demanded two Supreme Court justices recuse themselves from all cases related to his interests. Donald Trump made his demand while visiting India. Trump...
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Kyle Griffin ✔@kylegriffin1The president is now going after a Supreme Court justice on Twitter because he didn't like her dissenting opinion in a case.
Eugene Gu, MD ✔@eugeneguSo Justice Sonia Sotomayor complains about all these GOP appointed Justices being biased in favor of Trump, and Trump’s response is to demand that both Sotomayor and Ginsburg recuse themselves, which would leave Elena Kagan as the only female Justice left on the Supreme Court.
Brian Fallon ✔@brianefallonActually the justice who most needs to recuse from cases involving Trump is Clarence Thomas, whose wife is a paid MAGA mercenary.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1232155591537254400 …
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump“Sotomayor accuses GOP appointed Justices of being biased in favor of Trump.” @IngrahamAngle @FoxNews This is a terrible thing to say. Trying to “shame” some into voting her way? She never criticized Justice Ginsberg when she called me a “faker”. Both should recuse themselves..
Daphne Romney QC@DaphneRomneyQCSo here we go. Trump demands the two liberal female judges on the Supreme Court (Sotomayor and Ginsburg) recuse themselves on any Trump-related Supreme Court hearings. This is what happens when you appoint 'left-wing' and 'right-wing' judges. An affront to democracy. And scary. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1232155591537254400 …
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump“Sotomayor accuses GOP appointed Justices of being biased in favor of Trump.” @IngrahamAngle @FoxNews This is a terrible thing to say. Trying to “shame” some into voting her way? She never criticized Justice Ginsberg when she called me a “faker”. Both should recuse themselves..
The Rude Pundit@rudepunditClarence Thomas's wife is currently purging anyone in government who doesn't kiss your ass. Odd that you don't ask Thomas to recuse. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1232155591537254400 …
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump“Sotomayor accuses GOP appointed Justices of being biased in favor of Trump.” @IngrahamAngle @FoxNews This is a terrible thing to say. Trying to “shame” some into voting her way? She never criticized Justice Ginsberg when she called me a “faker”. Both should recuse themselves..
Alexandra Erin@AlexandraErinDonald Trump demanding that a justice recuse herself for pointing out the partisan bias of other justices is peak GOP.
