Amid attacks by Trump, Justice Gorsuch says "my loyalty is to the Constitution"

CBS Mornings Amid attacks by President Trump, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says "my loyalty is to the Constitution" .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-cbs-mornings.jpg'); } By Melissa Quinn Melissa Quinn Senior Reporter, Politics Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Read Full Bio Melissa Quinn May 5, 2026 / 10:36 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch rebuffed President Trump's suggestion that members of the high court owe loyalty to the president who appointed them, saying that his loyalty is to the Constitution and the laws of the United States.The president has repeatedly lambasted the Supreme Court for its 6-3 ruling in February invalidating his most sweeping tariffs. Gorsuch and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, both appointed to the high court by Mr. Trump, were among the six justices in the majority, and the president has leveled particularly harsh criticisms of them for their votes.In a Truth Social post last month, Mr. Trump claimed the justices appointed by Democratic presidents "stick together like glue, totally loyal to the people and ideology that got them there.""Certain Republican Appointees," he continued, "let the Democrats push them around, always wanting to be popular, politically correct, or even worse, wanting to show how 'independent' they are, with very little loyalty to the man who appointed them or, more importantly, the ideology from which they came to be Nominated and Confirmed."But in an interview with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford, Gorsuch said a justice does not owe a president loyalty. "My loyalty is to the Constitution, the laws of the United States," he said. "That's the oath I took. It's really just that simple."Gorsuch, who joined the Supreme Court in 2017, when he was 49, said there's a reason why the Constitu...