Crossfiled3 outlets · filed 2 October 2026
Supreme Court Justice Most 'Disloyal' to Donald Trump as New Term Starts
The court opens its new term Monday as Trump says he regrets all three picks. Here are the justices who have broken with him most.
What the coverage shows
The coverage converges on the Supreme Court and Trump’s relationship with it, but the framing splits sharply. The Independent is the only outlet to foreground Alito’s reported consideration of retirement and the possibility of another Trump nomination, while NBC News instead leads on Trump clashing with the court as a new term begins. Newsweek splits its coverage between Alito’s comments about losing friendships over court decisions and a separate piece ranking justices by perceived disloyalty to Trump.
Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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