Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to fight President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee after the President lashed out at the federal judge who blocked his executive order suspending the country’s refugee program and temporarily barring visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
“The President’s attack on Judge James Robart, a Bush appointee who passed with 99 votes, shows a disdain for an independent judiciary that doesn’t always bend to his wishes and a continued lack of respect for the Constitution, making it more important that the Supreme Court serve as an independent check on the administration,” Schumer said in a Saturday statement.
“With each action testing the Constitution, and each personal attack on a judge, President Trump raises the bar even higher for Judge Gorsuch’s nomination to serve on the Supreme Court. His ability to be an independent check will be front and center throughout the confirmation process,” the minority leader added.
Trump published a tweet on Saturday morning criticizing the order and calling U.S. District Judge James Robart a “so-called” judge.
Robart issued an order Friday night blocking Trump’s order nationwide. The order prompted the State Department to begin reinstating visas it had revoked and the Department of Homeland Security to end efforts to enforce the executive order.
Should also raise the bar on his Atty General nominee, but of course won’t.
Donnie, Donnie, Donnie. You really don’t know how badly you are fucking up, do you?
Gorsuch will be hobbled throughout his term on the Supreme Court by the taint of illegitimacy. A stolen seat, A “beauty contest” appointment by a president with mental issues, and the thoughts in the minds of many that any decision penned by this “usurper” is tilted toward a reactionary, minority government. Schumer can’t raise the bar high enough to satisfy this pissed off citizen.
Given that the Republicans completely blocked President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland, I believe the bar for Neil Gorsuch should be raised to an infinite height.
This should bar ALL Drumpf appointees.
It’s an illegitimate Presidency.