not even in a country really, what we stop the law allows, the constitution allows, through the administration, it does not matter how they enter the country, between courts, which we heard from the ninth circuit, they are allowed to apply for asylum. if we want to change that, we should change congress. lisa: the laws are being exploited, we know that is a fact. 8% of these individuals passing their initial threshold with immigration officials and then only 20% are actually granted asylum and immigration court. that is also a fact. i want to get your take, ann, on what chief justice roberts recently said, criticizing president trump, going after the ninth circuit, saying we do not have obama judges are trumped judges, bush judges or clinton . we have extraordinary group of dedicated judges. your thoughts on that? i warned the country about justice roberts. i thought he was a mistake. the one thing i will definitely give president trump credit for,
every case no matter where it is, they file it practically, for all intents and purposes, they file it in what is called the ninth circuit. this was an obama judge. sandra: in a shock move, chief justice roberts firing back. we do not have obama judge his 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. the president not letting that go tonight, tweeting this in response, sorry chief justice john roberts, but you do indeed have obama judges, and they have a much different point of view then the people who are charged with the safety of this country. fox news correspondent kristin fisher is live in washington with the back story. how did we get to this point? good evening. this is unprecedented on many levels. unprecedented for a chief justice to challenge a sitting president, and it s
sure that those seeking asylum would actually go through ports of entry as griff was pointing out last hour. well, a federal judge out in california, the 9th circuit usually comes up with very liberal decisions decided to block the president. you saw the president a couple days back tell reporters before he headed down to palm beach for the thanksgiving holiday that this was an obama judge and that in the long run, the president thinks he is going to win on this issue. chief justice john roberts, you see him there, took the extraordinary step of putting out a statement yesterday pushing back on the president saying, 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. the president fired back pretty quickly. rachel: he sure did. he tweeted sorry chief justi
this was an obama judge. : i ll tell you, it s not going to happen like this any more. t well, the 79 s remarks provoked a surprise rebuke from chief justice john roberts, whoo 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, sorryre chief justice john roberts you have obama judges and they have a much different point of view than those charged with theju 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. please study the numbers,
a nationwide injunction effectively halting the president s new policy vis-a-vis asylum seeking south of the border. that got the chief justice talking about it and now there s been this back and forth which we ve been talking about all day long. we ve seen this before, a lower level judge, making ruling that effectively forced the trump administration to go through the courts before that policy can take effect. the president called that judge, as you said, and obama judge. the chief justice said this, we don t have obama judges, trump judges, bush judges, clinton judges, we have a group doing their best to do equal right to those appearing before them. the independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for.