Current Events > Justice Roberts defends judiciary in rare statement after trump criticism

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/politics/supreme-court-john-roberts-trump/index.html

Chief Justice John Roberts made a rare statement on Wednesday pushing back against President Donald Trump after the President again went after federal judges.
"We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges," Roberts said. "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."
Roberts' comment came in response to an inquiry from The Associated Press. On Tuesday, Trump slammed the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals again, this time after a judge from the Northern District of California -- where cases get appealed to the 9th Circuit -- issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from barring migrants who cross into the US illegally from seeking asylum.
"It's a disgrace when every case gets filed in the 9th Circuit," Trump said as part of a lengthy criticism of the court. "That's not law. Every case in the 9th Circuit we get beaten and then we end up having to go to the Supreme Court like the travel ban and we won. Every case, no matter where it is, they file is practically, for all intents and purposes, they file it in what's called the 9th Circuit. This was an Obama judge. I'll tell you what, it's not going to happen like this anymore."

Roberts, who then-President George W. Bush tapped to lead the Supreme Court, is the highest authority in the federal judiciary, and his remark was a rare direct response to the head of the Executive Branch.
Speaking at the University of Minnesota Law School in October, Roberts emphasized the Supreme Court's independence and differences from the other branches.
"I will not criticize the political branches," Roberts said. "We do that often enough in our opinions. But what I would like to do, briefly, is emphasize how the judicial branch is -- how it must be -- very different."

Trump has been a frequent critic of the 9th Circuit, and just a few months into his presidency, Trump said he was considering breaking up the circuit that covers a slew of western states and Guam.
Several of his most controversial policies have been held up by judges there, and the temporary block on his attempt to rewrite asylum rules marked the latest such instance.

Glad he's defending his people
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Read that as Julia Roberts and thought shes really being Erin Brokovich.
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That is a solid statement, and it goes out to a lot more people than just Trump.
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1065346909362143232
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Antifar posted...

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1065346909362143232

Jesus Christ

President vs Chief Justice of the SCOTUS

Fuck this god damn timeline
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This president should have the authority to remove judges from their positions.
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Trump really is an abhorrent danger to democracy at this point.

It's one thing to have his shitty opinions, and as your "average person" who cares. But when the president of fucking America is pushing his anti democratic agenda, I honestly don't see how even his supporters can be happy about it.

But obviously they will cheer it, because it currently "helps" them. But as soon as it doesn't, it will be "Fuck Obama" or whatever nonsense.
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

This president should have the authority to remove judges from their positions.

Its not like other presidents havent tried, Trump would hardly be the first
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Antifar posted...

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1065346909362143232

What a fucking sack of shit
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Well, a couple of years ago I would say that the president would never be stupid enough to pick a war with the Supreme Court. And then there is the reality that we currently live in.
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i honestly think this will make for a great hbo/netflix drama in 10 years time

people literally won't be able to believe what is happening

i mean every week there's an absolute stunner from the administration
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It's like real life is a shitty political sitcom.
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Parappa09 posted...

i honestly think this will make for a great hbo/netflix drama in 10 years time

people literally won't be able to believe what is happening

i mean every week there's an absolute stunner from the administration

I think lots of the current swings in politics will make for some fascinating drama in the future. Or certainly studied with mixed marvel and horror at school.
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Kazi1212 posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

This president should have the authority to remove judges from their positions.

Its not like other presidents havent tried, Trump would hardly be the first

Examples?
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Schwarber posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

This president should have the authority to remove judges from their positions.

Its not like other presidents havent tried, Trump would hardly be the first

Examples?

https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-u-s-supreme-court

Judiciary Act of 1789 set the number at six: a chief justice and five associate justices. In 1807, Congress increased the number of justices to seven; in 1837, the number was bumped up to nine; and in 1863, it rose to 10. In 1866, Congress passed the Judicial Circuits Act, which shrank the number of justices back down to seven and prevented President Andrew Johnson from appointing anyone new to the court. Three years later, in 1869, Congress raised the number of justices to nine, where it has stood ever since. In 1937, in an effort to create a court more friendly to his New Deal programs, President Franklin Roosevelt attempted to convince Congress to pass legislation that would allow a new justice to be added to the courtfor a total of up to 15 membersfor every justice over 70 who opted not to retire. Congress didnt go for FDRs plan.

So Andrew Johnson and FDR. But the number of judges changed around many times even beyond them.
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