President Trump appears determined to take on the swamp in all its forms as he effort. to advance his Make America Great Again agenda. As a candidate, Trump made clear that a major component of the MAGA movement would be to remake the federal judiciary.
Activist judges have made a mockery of our Constitution. They have become the final backstop to prevent the enforcement of existing law.
As President Trump endeavors to get a handle on the out-of-control lack of immigration enforcement that now threatens the safety, prosperity, and culture of our once great societal melting pot, he has been rebuffed by these activist judges.
These holier-than-thou social justice warriors in black robes have handed down rulings that completely ignore the president’s clear and unambiguous Constitutional powers over immigration.
To say they do not put their political ideology – the political bent that earned them their appointments in the first place – ahead of the law belies the fact that many of their decisions are overturned by higher courts.
When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer shut the government down over Trump’s proposed common sense immigration reform proposal, the usually successful Democratic ploy backfired on his party, bigly. Schumer backed down after a few days.
Enter the courts where Democrats won temporary restraining orders and injunctions. All temporary because they were reversed by higher courts. This Tuesday
The Trump administration lost two big immigration court rulings following the ruling by a federal judge in California. The judge issued an injunction against limiting asylum claims.
And, in Michigan another judge ordered the administration to release nearly 100 Iraqi immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who had been detained as part of a travel ban-related deal.
Both were appointed by Barack Obama.
President Trump to has been through this this charade in the past only to have these decisions overturned – and his authority in these matters – upheld by the Supreme Court.
The only things these activist judges are looking to accomplish is to add to the chaos at the border (and in our communities) and to poison the debate (for political reasons) as the is forced to wait for a higher court to uphold his decision.
That led the president to criticize the decisions of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals where the decision was made:
“It’s a disgrace. In my opinion, it’s a disgrace what happens with the 9th Circuit. We will win that case in the Supreme Court of the United States.”
That led the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice, John “I will force you to buy health insurance” Roberts to respond, instead of simply refraining as judges should do, especially since there’s a likelihood he’ll be reviewing this decision soon:
“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.”
Really Justice Roberts? Trump was quick to respond with facts:
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
“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
Justice Roberts can say what he wants, but the 9th Circuit is a complete & total disaster. It is out of control, has a horrible reputation, is overturned more than any Circuit in the Country, 79%, & is used to get an almost guaranteed result. Judges must not Legislate Security…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2018
What other conclusion can one come to when a court is overturned 79% of the time on appeal? Certainly not that the law is equally applied by all judges.
How does Chief Justice Roberts square that with why Democrats’ engaged in such outrageous and despicable conduct in attempting to block Brett Kavanaugh from the high court? If judges aren’t guided by their own prejudices then why fight so hard to block Kavanaugh’s confirmation?
Perhaps Roberts has another reason to explain the spate of 5-4 decisions by what is acknowledged to be a “divided” court.
Sorry SC Justice Roberts, the numbers just don’t support your claim. Oh, by the way, have you forgotten that you rewrote the Affordable Care Act (instead of sending it back to Congress as you should’ve done) that allowed the federal government to force people to buy a product whether they wanted it or not?
That decision was 5-4 also. Voters have the ability to replace President Trump should they choose to. We have no such recall over you. Who’s the one acting like a dictator?
