statement invoking president trump. there are no such things as obama judges, clinton judges. unfortunately, the court keeps showing its fault lines, just as i said in the transgender, it did split republican justices versus democratic justices. the candidate really was blasted. he was someone who would have split on these issues. i assume, right. he cast the fifth vote on the gun rights case. antoni scalia who wrote the landmark 308 ruling probably had to navigate around anthony kennedy who we all know is not there. not on the court. i want to come back to what this says about john roberts with kennedy gone. the president, not that long ago, just last week, i believe it was, thought he was going to get his win. he thought the supreme court was going to step in which would give him we ll get to the nitty-gritty of the shutdown a little later, but the president
we need quick justice, and we need strong justice because what we have right now is a joke, and it s a laughing stock. judge, is he part of the reason that you are leaving the gop? well, of course, certainly, the rhetoric and the name calling and the divisiveness is all part of it. because nothing is getting done. it doesn t reflect the values of the republican that i signed up to be when i was 18 years old. so, you know, last month after the president criticized the 9th circuit court of appeals which he s done many, many, many times, the supreme court chief justice john roberts took a stand, put out a statement. a highly unprecedented move and he said we do not have obama judges or trump judges, clinton judges. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing
and he s speaking out now? why this moment? it s very simple. president obama was a democrat. president trump is a republican. john roberts judgment in this is so abysmal. so bad. so apparently political in its motivation, so opportunistic. it really is appalling. i m embarrassed for the court. i feel very sorry for the other members of the court. i really think the chief justice made a major mistake with regards to it. talk about he himself now has undercut the independence of the court by becoming involved in a political discussion. it s a very sad day for the court. raymond: thank you, joe. john, your reaction. do you agree with joe? you think this is raising the political temperature rather than lowering it? 100%. the chief justice is talking out of school. yes, we have obama judges, clinton judges.
of school. yes, we have obama judges, clinton judges. where was the chief justice when ruth bader ginsberg was calling the president a fake a phony and openly criticizing him? where was the rhetoric then? it did not exist. raymond: david, your thoughts. chief justice roberts is one of the most admired public servants in the america. someone had to come to the defense of the judiciary. we have an independent judiciary which is the crown jewel this is not the first time a president has called out the supreme court. jefferson, madis with their appointees. what will happen this time? the justice is speaking back. i guess president lincoln increased the court to ten. they don t call that court packing. president lincoln increased the supreme court to 10. it s come and gone. the important thing to remember here is that that judge in
the lower level judge and an obama appointee forcing the court to do something. the president calls this an obama judge. the chief justice weighed in saying we don t have obama judges. trump judges, clinton judges. we have an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their best to do equal right to those appearing before him. the independent judiciary is something that we should all be thankful for. however, given the ninth circuit s well-earned reputation for being progressive and frequently ruling against the president and his policies, he said it s high time that someone called them out for their judicial activism. we re getting terrible decisions from the ninth circuit as usual.