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Kavanaugh Should Be Embarrassed by Trump's Praise for His Tariffs Dissent

Plus: Brian Doherty, RIP.

Damon Root | 3.17.2026 7:00 AM

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According to President Donald Trump, two of the three justices that he himself appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court are "an embarrassment to their families" because they voted against him in the recent tariffs case. In reality, however, what's actually embarrassing is the kind of praise that Trump is now heaping upon the one Trump-appointed justice who did vote in his favor.

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