in any circuit, yet every time the president does something that he is trying to protect us in the national security context we get a judge in the ninth circuit because it borders the mexican border, we get a judge who shoots it down until we appeal. i suspect the same thing that happened with the travel ban will happen with this appeal as well. rick: i want to show judge roberts reaction to the original presidential statement. he wrote we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their best to do equal right to those appearing for them. the independent judiciary isn t it naive to suggest we don t have judges aligned to the president who appointed them? of course we have obama judges, clinton judges, trump judges. we don t elect those judges,
in an official statement he said, quote, we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges, what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. that independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for. again, it is remarkable that a chief justice had to feel like he needs to issue such a response. he knew it would get under the president s skin, and it did. after golfing the president wrote in part, sorry, chief justice john roberts, but you do, indeed, have obama judges. why are a vast number of those cases overturned? please study the numbers. they are shocking. he goes on to quote fox news saying 79% of these decisions have been overturned in the ninth circuit. keeping them honest despite what the president and fox news want to claim, there are other circuits with a higher reversal rate than the ninth circuit and theirs is only a little higher than average. also, the
supreme court, who has never done anything like this so publicly, felt it had finally gone too far and issued a statement. so chief justice roberts then responds, quote, we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges, what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicates judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. that inds judiciary is something we should all be thankful for. it was an extraordinary defense of america s third branch of power, and it almost immediately met with trump doubling down on his accusation that some american judges are biased. quote on twitter, sorry, chief justice roberts but you do indeed have obama judges. then he went on to slam the 9th circuit. the thing is even when it comes to trump himself, of course, this isn t true. remember this guy? i ve been treated very unfairly by this judge. now, this judge is of mexican heritage. i m building a wall, okay? i m building a wall. judge curiel is wh
this was an obama judge. president trump: i ll tell you, it s not going to happen like this any more. well, the 79 s remarks provoked a surprise rebuke from chief justice john roberts, who said in a statement, quote, we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal rights to those appearing before them. that independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for. the president hit back on twitter, saying, quote, sorry chief justice john roberts you have obama judges and they have a much different point of view than those charged with the safety of our country. it would be great if the ninth circuit was an independent judiciary. but if it is why are so many opposing views on border and safety cases filed there. and why are a vast number of those cases overturned.
comments, you may have heard him talk about john tiger. he made the decision to have a nationwide injunction to slow down the administration and their idea of altering the asylum policy. the president thought that was merely political, and of course, he was talking about that. let me share just a bit of where we are. as you mention, it has been a very busy day. we have actually seen this before, where a lower-level world stomach federal judge makes a ruling to effectively sp administration, forcing it to go through the courts before having the policy take effect. he called him an obama judge. and that is why chief justice john roberts weighed in. he said this. we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges, clinton judges. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal rights to those appearing before