President Donald Trump blamed the Federalist Society for the federal court ruling striking down his tariff agenda, attributing the decision to “bad advice” they gave him on judicial nominations.
One Trump appointee, Timothy M. Reif, sits on the three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of International Trade; Reif was appointed to the court by the president during his first term in 2019. The other two judges are Jane A. Restani, a Reagan appointee, and Gary S. Katzmann, an Obama appointee.
Trump said he was referred to the Federalist Society for judicial nominations and used them, but he also named Leonard Leo, the former vice president of the Federalist Society, branding him a “sleazebag.”
“I did so, openly and freely, but then realized that they were under
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