Just as they did during President Donald Trump’s first administration, many left-leaning federal judges are trying to block the president’s agenda at every turn.
In June, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that rebuked the radical judges for trying to block Trump’s policies, noting that the judges have gone too far with many of their nationwide injunctions.
Now the federal judges are complaining that the Supreme Court is not supporting them in their radical rulings against the Trump administration, and are whining about the 6-3 conservative majority on the nation’s highest court.
NBC News posted a report on Thursday after interviewing a dozen federal judges, who all spoke on condition they not be identified. The report beings:
Federal judges are frustrated with the Supreme Court for increasingly overturning lower court rulings involving the Trump administration with little or no explanation, with some worried the practice is undermining the judiciary at a sensitive time.
Some judges believe the Supreme Court, and in particular Chief Justice John Roberts, could be doing more to defend the integrity of their work as President Donald Trump and his allies harshly criticize those who rule against him and as violent threats against judges are on the rise.
In rare interviews with NBC News, a dozen federal judges — appointed by Democratic and Republican presidents, including Trump, and serving around the country — pointed to a pattern they say has recently emerged:
Lower court judges are handed contentious cases involving the Trump administration. They painstakingly research the law to reach their rulings. When they go against Trump, administration officials and allies criticize the judges in harsh terms. The government appeals to the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority.
And then the Supreme Court, in emergency rulings, swiftly rejects the judges’ decisions with little to no explanation.
NBC News lamented in their report that “Judges are increasingly targeted, with some facing bomb threats, “swattings” and other harassment.”
“When judges issue rulings the Trump administration does not like, they are frequently targeted by influential figures in MAGA world and sometimes Trump himself,” NBC continued, blaming it all on Trump supporters.
However, NBC made NO MENTION of the many attacks against conservative Supreme Court justices by leftist activists, including protests outside their homes and an assassination plot against Justice Brett Kavanaugh in June 2022.
NBC did quote one judge who did not agree with the narrative the others were pushing:
A judge appointed by President Barack Obama said that while the Supreme Court could do more to explain itself, some lower court judges had been out of line in blocking Trump policies.
“Certainly, there is a strong sense in the judiciary among the judges ruling on these cases that the court is leaving them out to dry,” he said. “They are partially right to feel the way they feel.”
But, the judge added, “the whole ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ is a real issue. As a result, judges are mad at what Trump is doing or the manner he is going about things; they are sometimes forgetting to stay in their lane.”
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) commented on the NBC report, writing, “An astonishing number of federal judges are the Trump Resistance in robes and their liberal bias is on display every day. Time to end their rogue rulings.”
An astonishing number of federal judges are the Trump Resistance in robes and their liberal bias is on display every day. Time to end their rogue rulings. https://t.co/okoqfyyew8
— Rep. Darrell Issa (@repdarrellissa) September 4, 2025
And NBC gives them a voice for what amounts to Trump bashing.
Do you think NBC would have given voice to conservatives, anonymously?
Not a chance.
— Unruly Julie (@UnrulyJulie15) September 4, 2025
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