Supreme Court judge blasts Trump for attacking America's highest bench

Systemic Error Podcast · Aug 11, 2026 · 3m

The Court That Fed the Beast Now Complains About Its TeethThe source gives us a small but revealing scene: Justice Elena Kagan, sitting beside Justice Amy Coney Barrett, asked the Senate for more security and warned that Trump’s attacks on the Court are dangerous. That is true as far as it goes. But the larger story is not that Trump is being unfairly rude to judges. It is that the most powerful institution in this episode has already spent years enlarging his power, insulating him from consequences, and then acting startled when he uses that power like a weapon.The Court Is Not PowerlessThe…