Chief Justice John Roberts Criticizes Trump For 'Obama Judge' Asylum Comment

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

53. It could be either, but I'm guessing Roberts wants to remind Trump and his minions

that the judiciary is a branch of the government whose power is equal to that of the presidency as well as Congress, and that it will deal with matters before it according to the law and not with reference to how or by whom a particular judge was appointed. The fact that some judges are labeled "conservative" and others as "liberal" in most cases refers more to how laws are interpreted than to party bias. The conservative judges on the Supreme Court are more likely to rule in favor of corporate or business interests not so much because they are Republicans but because they favor a literalist interpretation of statutes, which are often drafted or supported by moneyed interests, or an originalist interpretation of the Constitution, which allows for little consideration of social change. Sometimes, however, a literalist approach can come in handy when dealing with the likes of Trump, who doesn't think the laws, even as written, apply to him. I fully expect a few hard slap-downs by the court, including by Gorsuch and maybe even Kavanaugh, when Trump tries to argue that some law unfavorable to him says something other than what is written in black and white and needs no interpretation.