Trump Throws Twitter Temper Tantrum, Lashes Out at 9th Circuit Over Federal Judge’s Decision Blocking End of DACA
That’s Not How It Works. That’s Not How Any of This Works.
President Donald Trump is furious at a late Tuesday night decision by a federal judge in San Francisco that blocks his decision to rescind President Obama’s DACA program protecting undocumented people brought into the U.S. illegally when they were children.
Early Wednesday morning the Trump White House issued a statement calling the judge’s decision “outrageous.”
White House says DACA decision is “outrageous, especially in light of the President’s successful bipartisan meeting…on the same day.”
Not sure that’s how courts work. pic.twitter.com/8ZXG3GEaA0
— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) January 10, 2018
Trump, as usual, felt the need to weigh in too.
Minutes ago the president posted a tweet clearly proving he has little grasp of the federal court system or how it works.
“It just shows everyone how broken and unfair our Court System is when the opposing side in a case (such as DACA) always runs to the 9th Circuit and almost always wins before being reversed by higher courts,” Trump tweeted.
Except that’s untrue, on all counts.
First, the federal judge who ruled against Trump’s DACA decision is a U.S. District Court judge. And while he is under the umbrella of the 9th Circuit he’s not part of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which Trump repeatedly has attacked (falsely, of course.)
Well, as predicted, the 9th Circuit did it again – Ruled against the TRAVEL BAN at such a dangerous time in the history of our country. S.C.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2017
First the Ninth Circuit rules against the ban & now it hits again on sanctuary cities-both ridiculous rulings. See you in the Supreme Court!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2017
And this, particularly egregious and 100% false tweet:
…the Ninth Circuit, which has a terrible record of being overturned (close to 80%). They used to call this “judge shopping!” Messy system.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2017
Judges don’t get to pick their cases, and the system isn’t broken because a case is filed in a particular court system. Also, Trump has been overruled by many judges outside the 9th Circuit’s oversight.
Here’s how one law professor responded:
Checks and balances. 5th grade stuff, my man. https://t.co/NH4fo8ec89
— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) January 10, 2018
Two journalists weigh in:
The President of the United States says our judicial system is “broken and unfair†because… it ruled against him. https://t.co/S3G1kI4bcK
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 10, 2018
Here’s the president saying our entire judicial branch of govt is broken because a court just ruled against him. That’s not unsettling. https://t.co/Z5ovDGpD1A
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 10, 2018
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