This week President Donald Trump rehashed his complaints about federal judges who rule against him, laying into the justices who rejected his "emergency" tariffs last month and lower courts that have hindered him in one way or another. Unlike his previous tirades in this vein, his recent comments acknowledge that there is such a thing as judicial independence. But Trump made it clear that he values that quality only to the extent that it corresponds with his own interests.
"The Courts treat Republicans, and me, so unfairly, always seeming to protect those who should not be protected," Trump whined in a Truth Social post on Sunday night. He cited a ruling by James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who last week blocked grand jury subpoenas seeking evidence to support allegations that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell misused public funds while overseeing renovation of the central bank's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
