President Donald Trump lashed out at Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday after the Supreme Court pioneer reproached the president for recommending a U.S. judge was one-sided.
“Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, however, you do without a doubt have ‘Obama judges,’ and they have an entirely different perspective than the general population who are accused of the security of our nation,” Trump said over Twitter.
He included: “We require assurance and security ― these decisions are making our nation dangerous! Exceptionally hazardous and hasty!”
Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have “Obama judges,” and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country. It would be great if the 9th Circuit was indeed an “independent judiciary,” but if it is why……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 21, 2018
…..are so many opposing view (on Border and Safety) cases filed there, and why are a vast number of those cases overturned. Please study the numbers, they are shocking. We need protection and security – these rulings are making our country unsafe! Very dangerous and unwise!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 21, 2018
Trump dismissed a ruling against his administration on Tuesday because it came from an “Obama judge.”
In his first public criticism of the president, Roberts said in a statement, “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges.”
Roberts added, one day before Thanksgiving, that an “independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for.”
The president’s “Obama judge” comment came after U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar, of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, put a stop on Monday to the Trump administration’s ban on refugees seeking asylum outside official points of entry along the U.S. border.
“You cannot win, when you’re us, in the 9th Circuit,” Trump said outside the White House when asked about the ruling.
The president complained that “they” file suits in the left-leaning 9th Circuit purposefully so that “we get beaten, and then we end up having to go to the Supreme Court.” In the case of the asylum ban, “they” refers to the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights.
“This was an Obama judge. And I tell you what, it’s not going to happen like this anymore,” the president threatened Tuesday.
“79% of these decisions have been overturned in the 9th Circuit.” @FoxNews A terrible, costly and dangerous disgrace. It has become a dumping ground for certain lawyers looking for easy wins and delays. Much talk over dividing up the 9th Circuit into 2 or 3 Circuits. Too big!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 21, 2018
Trump’s scorn for the nation’s judicial system isn’t new. The 9th Circuit also ruled against the Trump administration’s attempts to enact a travel ban for people from several Muslim-majority countries last year, prompting Trump to sneer at a “so-called judge” in one of the cases.
Over Twitter on Wednesday, the president by and by recommended the ninth Circuit was not a “free legal” by guaranteeing “such a significant number of restricting perspective” cases are documented there.
Trump refered to a Fox News measurement on the court in an ensuing tweet on Wednesday, saying the Supreme Court has turned around 79 percent of choices in cases it takes from the ninth Circuit. As indicated by PolitiFact, the Supreme Court reversed 79 percent of ninth Circuit’s choices somewhere in the range of 2010 and 2015. In any case, in that time span, the Supreme Court turned around considerably more choices in cases from two different courts, the sixth Circuit and the eleventh Circuit.
Outstandingly, Trump has the chance to pack the ninth Circuit with some youthful, moderate judges, as there are as of now six opening there.
The quarrel between the leaders of the official and legal branches comes over multi-month after a terrible divided fight to affirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh abandoned a few judges worried about the Supreme Court’s notoriety for being a fair referee of equity.
Following Kavanaugh’s affirmation a month ago, Roberts focused on the significance of keeping up the legal framework’s freedom from what he called the “political branches” of government. The Supreme Court, he stated, “would be altogether different without that kind of autonomy.”
