Mon, 04 May 2026 11:02:10 +0000

Old Guard Justices Watch in Awe as Trump Meets Historic Popularity Slump A political barometer shifts as former judicial conservatives express deep surprise at the surprising drop in Donald Trump’s popularity—marking one of the most notable drops in modern American politics. In recent weeks, a rare silence has fallen across the Old Guard of conservative legal judgments. Veteran judicial figures—those stalwarts of the original conservative judicial movement—have quietly watched with astonishment as former Under Treasurers and legal scholars tied to originalist approaches publicly express awe over Donald Trump’s historically low approval ratings. ### A Shocking Turn for Mavericks of the Old Guard