Daily Wire host: “Great American presidents ... have ignored the Supreme Court on much shakier, more dubious grounds than Trump is doing”
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From the March 17, 2025, edition of The Daily Wire's The Michael Knowles Show
MICHAEL KNOWLES (HOST): Judicial review is what they'll say. They'll say, well, the Supreme Court has the right of judicial review. And this comes from Marbury v. Madison, longstanding precedent that the court has the right to interpret the Constitution. First of all, all three branches have an obligation to interpret and be faithful to the Constitution. But furthermore, judicial review, in Marbury v. Madison, is a self-asserted right. It's the court saying, hey, we have a lot of power. So, obviously, there are some limits to that power. The court just can't say, hey, by the way, we have decided, we on the Supreme Court, that we're the most important branch of government. We can do whatever we want. They don't get to do that. OK?
And this is what gives you a a little clue into Trump's view of the second term. Great American presidents — great in the historic sense, really significant American presidents — have ignored the Supreme Court on much shakier, more dubious grounds than Trump is doing. Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, men who are considered among the great presidents of the United States, have ignored the Supreme Court with far less justification than Trump is ignoring the court — this federal judge, this random district judge, James Boasberg, when it comes to the deportations. Now the case is gonna go up to the Supreme Court, and I remain hopeful and confident the Supreme Court will side with Trump as they should.