Trump, JD Vance vilify ‘lawless’ Supreme Court justices over tariff ruling
President Trump calls Supreme Court justices an ’embarrassment to their families’ in 45-minute address to media.
![The high court ruled against Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping global tariffs [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-02-20T182254Z_1085467132_RC2TPJAG72E1_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-1771612201.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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![US President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Solicitor General D. John Sauer, holds a press briefing at the White House, following the Supreme Court's ruling that Trump had exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs, in Washington, DC, January 20, 2026. [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-02-20T184113Z_2131919036_RC2TPJAVBB2X_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-1-1771613162.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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