President Donald Trump has had a rough week in the Supreme Court where the conservative-leaning high court has sided with the liberal minority in two landmark decisions. And now, Trump is wondering whether the court “likes” him.
After the Supreme Court struck down his administration’s attempt to the DACA program for immigrant children, Trump mused on Twitter, “Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?”
Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
Trump’s tweet about the Supreme Court followed another in which Trump said, “These horrible [and] politically charged decisions coming out of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives.”
He continued, “We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd Amendment [and] everything else.”
These horrible & politically charged decisions coming out of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives. We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd. Amendment & everything else. Vote Trump 2020!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
…Religious Liberty, among many other things, are OVER and GONE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
Trump has appointed two justices to the Supreme Court — Bret Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. Both of those men sided with the minority in the DACA decision, meaning that they voted to uphold the Trump administration’s order to end the program.
However, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the liberal justices on the court in Thursday’s DACA ruling, shooting down the Trump administration’s attempt with a 5-4 vote.
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that LGBTQ workers could not be discriminated against in the workplace. In that ruling, Gorsuch and Roberts both sided with the liberal justices.
It was not all victories for the liberal minority though — earlier this week, they rejected cases concerning “qualified immunity,” which is a legal defense that can be used to protect police officers accused of using excessive force.
But the issue of qualified immunity may be taken up in Congress, where Democrats are pushing it as a major part of their police reforms. Even some Republicans are looking at re-working the statute. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) recently said that he is hoping to see such language in a bill.