Trump accuses judiciary of making US ‘unsafe’

US President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the judiciary
Thursday, accusing judges of making the country unsafe as he fanned
a bitter row over asylum seekers.

Trump launched the latest salvo of tweets on the issue a day
after clashing publicly with the chief justice of the Supreme Court
over the independence of the courts.

“Judges must not Legislate Security … and Safety at the Border,
or anywhere else,” Trump tweeted.

“They know nothing about it and are making our Country
unsafe.”

“Our great Law Enforcement professionals MUST BE ALLOWED TO DO
THEIR JOB! If not there will be only bedlam, chaos, injury and
death,” he added.

Trump, who has attacked judges before after unfavorable court
rulings, gave vent to his anger earlier this week after a federal
appeals court temporarily blocked a presidential proclamation on
asylum.

The proclamation said only people entering the United States at
official checkpoints can apply for asylum, automatically rejecting
those caught sneaking across the border.

In an extraordinary step, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John
Roberts reacted to Trump’s calling the federal judge who issued the
ruling an “Obama judge.”

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or
Clinton judges,” Roberts said in a statement to the Associated
Press on Wednesday.

“What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges
doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before
them,” Roberts said.

Trump responded on Thursday.

“Justice Roberts can say what he wants, but the 9th Circuit is a
complete & total disaster,” Trump tweeted Thursday.

“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.”

According to US media reports, the Supreme Court did reverse
around 79 percent of 9th Circuit cases reviewed from 2010-2015 —
but the 6th Circuit in fact had the highest reversal rate of 87
percent.

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