US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at the federal judges mulling whether to reinstate
his controversial travel ban, calling them “so political” and saying
even a “bad high school student” would see the law was on his side.
“I think our security is at risk today,” Trump told a meeting of sheriffs from around the nation, as he defended his executive order, which was blocked nationwide by the federal courts a week after it went into effect.
“I think our security is at risk today,” Trump told a meeting of sheriffs from around the nation, as he defended his executive order, which was blocked nationwide by the federal courts a week after it went into effect.
Trump’s executive order barred entry to
all refugees for 120 days, and Syrian refugees are blocked indefinitely.
Travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are
barred from entry for 90 days.
“I don’t ever want to call a court
biased, so I won’t call it biased,” Trump said. “And we haven’t had a
decision yet. But courts seem to be so political, and it would be so
great for our justice system if they would be able to read the statement
and do what’s right. And that has to do with the security of our
country.”
The Republican president, now in his
third week in office, said even “a bad high school student” would think
he was right about his reading of the law – which he read out loud –
with comments interspersed.
“If these judges wanted to, in my
opinion, help the court in terms of respect for the court, they’d do
what they should be doing. It’s so sad,” said Trump, who noted he had
listened to the hour-long appeals court hearing on Tuesday.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is
expected to rule by week’s end on whether or not to reinstate the travel
ban, which created chaos at airports both in the US and abroad, and
prompted large protests.
The measure was suspended last Friday in
a lower federal court, re-opening US borders to the thousands of
refugees and travelers who had been suddenly barred from the country.
The Justice Department has argued that
the federal court in Seattle overstepped by suspending the measure, and
that national security is at stake – a position hammered home by Trump.
But the three-judge appeals court panel
often appeared skeptical during Tuesday’s hearing, with Judge Richard
Clifton at one point calling the government’s argument “pretty
abstract.”
The White House insists the decree is in
the interest of national security, giving the new administration time
to beef up vetting procedures to keep potential terrorists out of the
country.
Its detractors claim it violates the constitution by discriminating against people on the basis of their religion.
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