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Judges and Judiciary,
Immigration

Jul. 25, 2019

Judges appointed by Trump and Obama make opposite rulings

Two federal judges, one appointed by President Donald Trump in Washington D.C., and another appointed by President Barack Obama in San Francisco, issued opposite rulings on essentially the same immigration question.

Last November, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued an extraordinary rebuke of President Donald Trump’s persistent criticism of the U.S. judiciary.

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” Roberts said in November 2018. “What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them.”

Yet Tru...

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