“A seismic ruling today from the Supreme Court”
Deadline: White House
Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
4.5 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, everyone. Happy Friday. It's 4 o'clock in New York. A seismic ruling today from the United States Supreme Court of monumental consequence. |
| 0:13.9 | One that not only forcibly upends, a core pillar of Donald Trump's economic policy, but also in rare form for this court of late, limits the scope of Donald Trump's economic policy, but also in rare form for this court of late, |
| 0:22.6 | limits the scope of Donald Trump's presidential power. |
| 0:25.9 | Writing for the 6-3 majority, Chief Justice John Roberts explains why Trump does not have the |
| 0:31.5 | tariff authority he's asserted these past several months. |
| 0:34.6 | Quote, the president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally |
| 0:39.0 | imposed tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope. |
| 0:42.8 | In light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, |
| 0:48.0 | he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it. |
| 0:52.6 | Basically, if Congress doesn't pass a law saying he can do it, |
| 0:56.4 | he can't do it. In response, Donald Trump, live and on camera, seemed to go about the seven |
| 1:02.9 | stages of grief in front of an assembled press and obviously the world. First, shock, denial, anger, |
| 1:10.4 | rage really at the Supreme Court. |
| 1:13.0 | It took up the form of a disgusting new line of attack on the six justices who ruled against him. |
| 1:19.2 | Watch. |
| 1:21.0 | They're against anything that makes America strong, healthy, and great again. |
| 1:26.7 | They also are a, frankly, disgrace to our nation, |
| 1:31.1 | those justices. |
| 1:33.3 | They're an automatic no matter how good a case you have. |
| 1:35.5 | It said no. |
| 1:36.9 | You can't knock their loyalty. |
| 1:40.8 | It's one thing you can do with some of our people. Others think they're being politically |
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