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Federal judges anonymously criticize Supreme Court over Trump cases
5 Sep 2025 ~~ By Elizabeth Crisp(Excerpt)
Federal judges who spoke to NBC News said the Supreme Court should better explain its emergency rulings.
They told NBC News they fear that the Supreme Courtâs handling of cases involving Trump has validated the presidentâs criticism of lower court judges.
âIt is inexcusable,â one judge told NBC News. âThey donât have our backs.â
The Supreme Courtâs press office didnât immediately respond to The Hillâs request for comment.
Chief Justice John Roberts last year condemned elected officials who have tried to intimidate judges and have defied court rulings.
âAttempts to intimidate judges for their rulings in cases are inappropriate and should be vigorously opposed,â Roberts wrote in his 2024 year-end summary. âPublic officials certainly have a right to criticize the work of the judiciary, but they should be mindful that intemperance in their statements when it comes to judges may prompt dangerous reactions by others.â
Roberts did not name any specific officials to whom he was referring.
Roberts also issued a rare public rebuke in 2018 of officials who have accused judges of political bias, arguing that the courts are not helmed by âObama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges.â
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Federal judges presiding over some of the high-profile cases involving the Trump administration have spoken out against threats theyâve faced as tensions between the White House and judiciary continue to mount.
âWe need a call to action in this country from our lawyers and from our judges to say, âNot in this country, not on our watch,'â U.S. District Judge John Coughenour of the Western District of Washington said during a virtual event in July.
Coughenour, who blocked Trumpâs executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, recounted that law enforcement came to his home with weapons drawn in February after the local sheriffâs office received a fake call alleging that he had murdered his wife.
âItâs just been stunning to me how much damage has been done to the reputation of our judiciary because some political actors think that they can gain some advantage by attacking the independence of the judiciary and threatening the rule of law,â he said.
Commentary:
Indeed, SCOTUS should provide a ruling akin to something like the following:
The President as the chief executive has enormous power given by the Constitution, lower courts are not likewise empowered. As such great care must be taken by the courts to overrule the actions of the Chief Executive.
It would be better for lower courts provide their opinion and then petition the higher courts without stopping the Presidential actions.
While I sympathize with Judge Coughenour for being SWATTED. I'm sure he now knows how conservatives feel when that happens...
Its almost as if the Supreme Court does not recognize the sacred office of the 670 âSuper Executive Legislative Judgesâ who are there to veto anything the other branches do that they personally donât like. SCOTUS seems to think the judges are supposed to busy themselves with actually applying the law rather than dictating itâas if judges were part of the Judiciary and not supreme rulers over all.
If the judges are anonymous how do we know the Quisling Media such as NBC or the "Hill" did not just make up the story? They often have done this in the past.
Meanwhile, turn these judges over and youâll see âDemocratâ tattooed on their backsides
Trump is outing the federal judiciary for exactly who and what they are, and it's of their own biased conduct.
