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Trump's Attack on a Judge for Staying His Travel Ban

After his travel ban is rebuked by the courts, the president attacks the legitimacy of a “so-called judge” who issued a ruling blocking the order.
Source: Brian Snyder / Reuters

A federal judge in Washington state blocked President Trump's travel ban targeting seven Muslim countries Friday night, a decision Trump attacked as illegitimate the next morning.

“The work of the Judiciary, and this court, is limited to ensuring that the actions taken by the other two branches comport with our country’s laws, and more importantly, our Constitution,” wrote federal judge James Robart, who was nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush. “The court concludes that the circumstances brought before it today are such that it must intervene to fulfill its

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