Trump plays a dangerous game on judges

Published February 23, 2026 5:19pm ET



Beginning in the Obama era, liberals in politics and the news media began an insidious campaign of threatening the Supreme Court if it didn’t rule in their favor.

Liberals declared that the Supreme Court would declare itself illegitimate if it struck down Obamacare’s individual mandate. By that, liberals meant that they would declare the Supreme Court illegitimate if it didn’t rule the way they liked.

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