Chief Justice John Roberts Takes Trump To Task For His ‘Obama Judge’ Comments Over Asylum Ruling
President Donald Trump on Tuesday made some claims about a federal judge’s inability to be impartial due to his being appointed by former President Barack Obama. The highest-ranked judge in the highest court of the United States had something to say about that.
Chief Justice John Roberts rebutted Trump’s comments on Wednesday, telling the president and the public through a statement from the Supreme Court that he disagreed with the assessment from the chief executive.
“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” Roberts said, per reporting from ABC News. “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.”
It’s a stunning and rare statement from any justice of the Supreme Court to make, let alone the chief justice.
