Anonymous ID: 7dcf72 Feb. 21, 2026, 9:59 p.m. No.24290655   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>0656 >>0658 >>0670 >>0671 >>0675 >>0680 >>0687 >>0690 >>0789 >>0790 >>0793 >>0823 >>0838 >>0866 >>0872

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Anonymous ID: 7dcf72 Feb. 21, 2026, 10:05 p.m. No.24290658   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>0662 >>0838 >>0851 >>0872

>>24290655

 

๐ŸงตTHREAD: Is Trump's hunch about foreign influence in SCOTUS correct?

 

After the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling on tariffs, Trump said "It's my opinion that the court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think."

 

Trump is likely referring to the ideology of supranationalism โ€“ a centuries-old ideology that considered tariffs to be among the highest economical blunders, not for economic reasons, but because tariffs dare to assert national rights in a telos of universal liberalism.

 

But is he right about the foreign influence?

 

As has been widely reported,

@MikeBenzCyber

has unpacked the details of the friendship between John Roberts and Norm Eisen, and their Prague vacations where they discussed "American and European rule-of-law issues" together.

 

But there's more to it. A lot more. ๐Ÿ‘‡

 

As always, patience as I pull the thread together.

 

Chief Justice John Roberts spent a week living at Norm Eisen's 150-room palace in the Czech Republic where they "worked on American and European Rule of Law issues together." Eisen was Ambassador 2011-2014. Roberts became Chief Justice in 2005. This was while Roberts ran SCOTUS.

 

Eisen is a leading figure in the supranational democracy network being an expert in color revolutions (but don't dare suggest that he's orchestrating one here). He's a co-founder of the States United Democracy Center (which I called out for simply producing a Muppet show), co-counsel for Trump's first impeachment council, formerly US Ambassador to Czech Republic, CREW chair

 

Its multiple posts find the rest here.

 

 

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2025415873591492687

Anonymous ID: 7dcf72 Feb. 21, 2026, 10:08 p.m. No.24290662   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>0666 >>0838 >>0851 >>0872

>>24290658

I don't know how accurate it is, but Propublica reports that John Roberts reported payments from foreign government-funded universities: University of Melbourne ($10K), Victoria University of Wellington ($10K), University of Tokyo ($13,559).

 

According to whistleblower documents obtained by Business Insider, Roberts' wife Jane earned $10.3 MILLION in commissions recruiting lawyers at firms with Supreme Court interests.

 

Beyond Roberts, Justice Kagan met with 15 foreign ambassadors in a private roundtable as part of the Lugar Diplomacy Series, a program to "strengthen diplomatic relationships" between foreign diplomats.

 

Senator Collins and former CIA director Petraeus were involved as well.

Anonymous ID: 7dcf72 Feb. 21, 2026, 10:10 p.m. No.24290666   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>0674 >>0838 >>0851 >>0872

>>24290662

Kagan was also the "guest of honor" at a 2017 Aspen Institute dinner on "Billionaire Mountain" for $10K/year donors, including lawyers with active Supreme Court cases.

@businessinsider

obtained the guest lists.

 

Kavanaugh attended but was not on the SCOTUS at the time. Kagan was.

 

George Mason University flew Kagan to Iceland, put her up for almost a WEEK, and paid all expensesโ€ฆ for ONE DAY of teaching. Kagan's trip cost thousands.

 

The most direct foreign influence appears to reside with Justice Sotomayor. In 2009, she said: "International law and foreign law will be very important in the discussion of how to think about the unsettled issues in our own legal system."

 

George Mason University flew Kagan to Iceland, put her up for almost a WEEK, and paid all expensesโ€ฆ for ONE DAY of teaching. Kagan's trip cost thousands.

 

The most direct foreign influence appears to reside with Justice Sotomayor. In 2009, she said: "International law and foreign law will be very important in the discussion of how to think about the unsettled issues in our own legal system."

Anonymous ID: 7dcf72 Feb. 21, 2026, 10:13 p.m. No.24290674   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>24290666

Sotomayor left 6 trips off her 2016 financial disclosure and had to amend it. Fix the Court found the omissions via public records request.

 

Sotomayor left 6 trips off her 2016 financial disclosure and had to amend it. Fix the Court found the omissions via public records request.

 

I found a press release where Sotomayer taught international law in Prague in 2020. Same city where Roberts visited Eisen.

 

Overall - I don't think there's much actual foreign influence in the sense of one country influencing any SCOTUS justice.

 

But do any of the SCOTUS justices see the "rules-based international order" as a higher virtue than the nation-state model that our country was founded upon?

 

That's a different question altogether.

 

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2025421304980295848

 

A lot of stuff sorry I was bored its an interesting read tho.